If you describe something as ~, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant. (INFORMAL)
It was a ~ error, a schoolboy error...
= appalling
ADJ emphasis
~ly
...~ly difficult clues.
ADV
If you describe something as ~, you are emphasizing that it is very bad, extreme, or unpleasant. (INFORMAL)
It was a ~ error, a schoolboy error...
= appalling
ADJ emphasis
~ly
...~ly difficult clues.
ADV
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012