terrifyingly
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a terrifying manner.
Example Sentences
- "The special effects were terrifyingly realistic the first time I saw them."
- "After 'class war', we now apparently have 'location war'. If this idea is allowed to progress beyond Ms Harperson's terrifyingly one-track mind, hundreds of public organisations will have to have special quotas for Yorkshirepersons or Cornishpersons whenever a vacancy occurs."
Etymology
Etymology tree English terrifying Middle English -ly English -ly English terrifyingly From terrifying + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more terrifyingly (comparative)
most terrifyingly (superlative)