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scaringly

scaringly adverb: in a manner that scares; frighteningly.

Adverb

scaringly (comparative more scaringly, superlative most scaringly)

  1. In a manner that scares; frighteningly.

Forms of scaringly

comparativemore scaringly
superlativemost scaringly

Origin of scaringly

From scaring + -ly.

Questions about scaringly

What does scaringly mean?
Scaringly means in a manner that scares; frighteningly.
What part of speech is scaringly?
Scaringly is an adverb.

Words near scaringly in the dictionary

  1. scaring the life out of
  2. scaring the living daylights out of
  3. scaring the pants off
  4. scaring the shit out of
  5. scaring up
  6. scaringly
  7. scariole
  8. scarioles
  9. scariose
  10. scarious
  11. scariously

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