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affrightedly

affrightedly adverb: with fright.

Adverb

affrightedly (comparative more affrightedly, superlative most affrightedly)

  1. (archaic, poetic) with fright
    • The thunder of their rage, and boystrous struggling, make
      The neighboring Forrests round affrightedly to quake:1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 12 p. 201
    • What's all this?" gasps Mr. MCLAUGHLIN, struggling affrightedly in his suffocating cage of whalebone and alpaca.1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870

Forms of affrightedly

comparativemore affrightedly
superlativemost affrightedly

Origin of affrightedly

From affrighted + -ly. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Questions about affrightedly

What does affrightedly mean?
Affrightedly means with fright.
What part of speech is affrightedly?
Affrightedly is an adverb.

Words near affrightedly in the dictionary

  1. affriction
  2. affrictions
  3. affriended
  4. affright
  5. affrighted
  6. affrightedly
  7. affrighten
  8. affrightened
  9. affrightening
  10. affrightens
  11. affrighter

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