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afraidly

adv

Etymology

From Middle English affrayedly, affrayitly; equivalent to afraid + -ly.

  1. inherited from affrayedly

Definitions

  1. In an afraid manner.

    • Birdes with many a piteous pew, / Afraidly in the Aire they flew. So long as they had ſtrength to flée / Then ſwattered down into the ſea:[…]
    • He came back gain very affrayedly, and out at the door, and show[ed] so mony as bidden in the hall what he had heard, wha assayit to pass to the chalmer, to know what was there;
    • When Scottishmen hes séene them sa / Affrayedly flee all their way[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA