frightfully

adv — 2 senses

frightfully

adv

UK /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/ · US /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/

Etymology From frightful + -ly.

1

In a frightful manner.

2

Colloquial, Dated 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.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:

1 more example

"Really!" he said, collapsing into lassitude. "It's too frightfully hot for singing."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 199:

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