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scaredly

scaredly adverb: in a scared manner, with fear.

Adverb

scaredly (comparative more scaredly, superlative most scaredly)

  1. In a scared manner, with fear.
    • He then turned round and looked scaredly at Crean and myself.1921, Edward R. G. R. Evans, South with Scott
    • Wha, like the stricken deer, chased by the hunter's spear, Fled frae the hills o' his father sae scaredly; But wha, by affection's chart, reigns in auld Scotland's heart-- Wha but the royal, the gallant Prince Charlie?1857, Various, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.

Forms of scaredly

comparativemore scaredly
superlativemost scaredly

Origin of scaredly

From scared + -ly.

Questions about scaredly

What does scaredly mean?
Scaredly means in a scared manner, with fear.
What part of speech is scaredly?
Scaredly is an adverb.

Words near scaredly in the dictionary

  1. scaredeer
  2. scaredeers
  3. scareder
  4. scaredest
  5. scaredies
  6. scaredly
  7. scaredness
  8. scaredy
  9. scaredy cat
  10. scaredy cats
  11. scaredy pants

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