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frightfully

UK/ˈfɹaɪtfəli//ˈfɹaɪtfəli/

frightfully adverb: in a frightful manner.

Adverb

frightfully (comparative more frightfully, superlative most frightfully)

  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

frightfully meaning in Malayalam

frightfully in Malayalam

ദാരുണമായി, ഭയങ്കരമായി, ഉഗ്രമായി, ഭയാനകമായി

Examples of frightfully in a sentence

  • But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive.
  • "Frightfully wild," Kent-Ashley said, "but crazy enough to work."
  • This plan of masterly inactivity had flopped frightfully.

All 15 example sentences with frightfully

Forms of frightfully

comparativemore frightfully
superlativemost frightfully

Origin of frightfully

From frightful + -ly.

Words that rhyme with frightfully

Questions about frightfully

What does frightfully mean?
Frightfully means in a frightful manner.
What is frightfully in Malayalam?
Frightfully in Malayalam is ദാരുണമായി, ഭയങ്കരമായി, ഉഗ്രമായി. See Frightfully meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is frightfully?
Frightfully is an adverb.
How do you pronounce frightfully?
Frightfully is pronounced /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/ (UK).

Words near frightfully in the dictionary

  1. frightfests
  2. frightful
  3. Frightful Five
  4. frightfull
  5. frightfuller
  6. frightfully
  7. frightfulness
  8. frightfulnesses
  9. frighting
  10. frightings
  11. frightless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frightfully (page history and authors); frightfully (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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