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fryktelig

adjectiveadjektiv

terrible · dreadful · terribly

EtymologyOpphav

fra lavtysk from Low German

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. skremmende, forferdeligterrible, awful · terribly, awfully (as an intensifier) frightening, terrible, appallingforferdelig
    • det var en fryktelig historie it was a dreadful story
    • det ble et fryktelig oppstyr there was a terrible fuss
  2. brukt som (forsterkende) adverb: svært used as an (intensifying) adverb: very
    • det vil jeg fryktelig gjerne I'd very much like to
    • tiden gikk fryktelig fort the time went terribly fast