frightfully
adv/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/UK/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/US
Etymology
From frightful + -ly.
Definitions
In a frightful manner.
Very, extremely.
- It all went frightfully quickly.
- Millicent married Creake after a very short engagement. It was a frightfully subdued wedding—more like a funeral to me.
- "Really!" he said, collapsing into lassitude. "It's too frightfully hot for singing."
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA