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alarmedly

alarmedly adverb: in an alarmed manner.

Adverb

alarmedly (comparative more alarmedly, superlative most alarmedly)

  1. In an alarmed manner.
    • At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change—at the cessation of movement. They shrank alarmedly back […]1842, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, in Eliza Leslie, editor, The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present, Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, page 147
    • Now I thought I had said something calculated to make Bessie turn pale and gasp, but I could scarcely believe it when I looked up, expecting to find her almost fainting, and saw her pensively, but by no means alarmedly, shaking her head. "1872, John Hay et al., Not Pretty, But Precious
    Synonyms:
    in alarm, with alarm

Synonyms of alarmedly

  • in alarm, with alarm

Forms of alarmedly

comparativemore alarmedly
superlativemost alarmedly

Origin of alarmedly

From alarmed + -ly.

Questions about alarmedly

What does alarmedly mean?
Alarmedly means in an alarmed manner.
What part of speech is alarmedly?
Alarmedly is an adverb.

Words near alarmedly in the dictionary

  1. alarm-clock headache
  2. alarm-clock headaches
  3. alarmable
  4. alarmclock
  5. alarmed
  6. alarmedly
  7. alarmer
  8. alarmers
  9. alarmest
  10. alarmeth
  11. alarmful

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