different between completely vs horribly

English

complete +? -ly

completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)

(manner) In a complete manner
- 1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry,
  Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.
(degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
- 1968 June 8, Edward M. Kennedy, Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,
  Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.
- 1975, Helen Schucman, A Course in Miracles/Workbook for Students, Lesson 75: The light has come,
  Keep a completely open mind, washed of all past ideas and clean of every concept you have made.

From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible +? -ly.

horribly (comparative more horribly, superlative most horribly)

(manner) In a horrible way; very badly.
The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
(degree, often modifying a negative adverb or adjective) To an extreme degree or extent.
Then everything went horribly wrong.
The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.
(evaluative) With a very bad effect.
Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.

Adjectives to which "horribly" is often applied: wrong, afraid, bad, pleased, expensive, painful, slow, sick, cold, sad, difficult, cruel, fond, long, ill, awry, funny, familiar, depressed, ashamed, dirty, true, hot, confused, hard, tired.

(all senses): dreadfully, frightfully, grisly (obsolete), horrifyingly, terribly, terrifyingly
(very; to an extreme degree or extent): very, terribly, awfully

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