afraidly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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[…]"
- "[…]; many honeſt men then followed, and made ſuch diligence, that they cauſed the French once to retire ſomewhat affrayedly."
- "Could these be men just returned from battle?—those gentle, half-timid individuals who already had forgotten their morning’s lust and now were afraidly polite?"
- "“Eyes—”[…]Charlie scribed directions. “Teeth —[…].” Charlie wrote. “Entire face—This show signs of dilapidation, elliptickle contortion & curviture of the smile. This need to be removed, stretched over portait of Apollo Belvedere and baked 4 hrs. at even temperature.” He pause slowly. I listen to his silence. “Are that all?” I pronounce distinctually. “All except your complexion,” he denote. “That of course should be bleached to match your new hair & eyes. I should snuggest the Wawaw Treatment.” “How you do that?” I jar afraidly. “Merely by placing your head in a tub of hot pineapple jam and keeping him there until satisfied,” he pulmote."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more afraidly (comparative)
most afraidly (superlative)