frightfully

adv
/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/UK/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/US

Etymology

From frightful + -ly.

  1. inherited from forhtfull
  2. inherited from frightful
  3. suffixed as frightfully — “frightful + ly

Definitions

  1. In a frightful manner.

  2. 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