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affrightingly

affrightingly adverb: so as to frighten or terrify.

Adverb

affrightingly (comparative more affrightingly, superlative most affrightingly)

  1. (archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.

Forms of affrightingly

comparativemore affrightingly
superlativemost affrightingly

Origin of affrightingly

From affrighting + -ly.

Questions about affrightingly

What does affrightingly mean?
Affrightingly means so as to frighten or terrify.
What part of speech is affrightingly?
Affrightingly is an adverb.

Words near affrightingly in the dictionary

  1. affrightest
  2. affrighteth
  3. affrightful
  4. affrightfully
  5. affrighting
  6. affrightingly
  7. affrightment
  8. affrights
  9. Affrilachia
  10. Affrilachian
  11. Affrilachians

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