The difference between Horribly and Very
When used as adverbs, horribly means in a horrible way, whereas very means to a great extent or degree.
Very is also adjective with the meaning: true, real, actual.
check bellow for the other definitions of Horribly and Very
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Horribly as an adverb (manner):
In a horrible way; very badly.
Examples:
"The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces."
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Horribly as an adverb (degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective):
To an extreme degree or extent.
Examples:
"Then everything went horribly wrong."
"The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him."
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Horribly as an adverb (evaluative):
With a very bad effect.
Examples:
"Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened."
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Very as an adjective:
True, real, actual.
Examples:
"The fierce hatred of a very woman.  nowrap The very blood and bone of our grammar.  nowrap He tried his very best."
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Very as an adjective:
The same; identical.
Examples:
"He proposed marriage in the same restaurant, at the very table where they first met.  nowrap That's the very tool that I need."
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Very as an adjective:
With limiting effect: mere.
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Very as an adverb:
To a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Examples:
"You’re drinking very slowly."
"That dress is very ''you''."
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Very as an adverb:
True, truly.
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Very as an adverb (with superlatives):
Examples:
"He was the very best runner there."