frightfully

/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

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Meaning

adv

adv

Colloquial; Dated

"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.""

Etymology tree English frightful Middle English -ly English -ly English frightfully From frightful + -ly.

more frightfully (comparative) most frightfully (superlative)

rightfully delightfully

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How do you pronounce frightfully?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/.

What does frightfully mean?

In a frightful manner.

Where does frightfully come from?

Etymology tree English frightful Middle English -ly English -ly English frightfully From frightful + -ly.

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