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Frightfully

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

ad. In a frightful manner.

ad. Very, extremely.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

ad. In a frightful manner; to a frightful dagree.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In a frightful manner; dreadfully; terribly.

Intolerably; shockingly; hideously; exceedingly.

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ad. used as intensifiers

Word Usage

"Their outlook towards a venomous German attempt to do something "frightfully" nasty, is very similar to a large and powerful nurse dealing with a fractious child -- sort of: "Now, then, Master Frankie, you mustn't kick and scream like that.""

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

delightfully rightfully