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How to use frightfully in a sentence

15 example sentences · adverb

Frightfully means in a frightful manner. Example: “It all went frightfully quickly.”

Examples of frightfully by meaning

adverbVery, extremely.

  • It all went frightfully quickly.
  • It was a frightfully subdued wedding—more like a funeral to me.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  • "It's too frightfully hot for singing."1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 199

More sentences with frightfully

  • But I was frightfully fond of the universe and wanted to address it by a diminutive.1908, G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy. From the entry diminutive
  • "Frightfully wild," Kent-Ashley said, "but crazy enough to work."2007, Ed Griffin, Veto: A Novel, page 131. From the entry crazy enough to work
  • This plan of masterly inactivity had flopped frightfully.1941 March 10, “Peacemongers”, in Time. From the entry masterly inactivity
  • She was evidently frightfully gone on him.1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 35, in Of Human Bondage, Vintage, published 2000. From the entry gone
  • Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs.1911, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “Peter Breaks Through”, in Peter and Wendy, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons…. From the entry imploringly
  • Swithin chuckled when he read it, and feeling frightfully tired, went to bed and slept like a log.1909, John Galsworthy, Villa Rubein, and Other Stories. From the entry sleep like a log
  • Overall 92's Hallowe'ek came off without any great mishaps and all that were there will remember it as a frightfully amazing week.1992 November 3, Ichabod Crane [pseudonym], “Hallowe'ek: The Night for Fright”, in Jason Pasquale, editor, The Underground: Voice of…. From the entry Hallowe'ek
  • Suitably mouthed, it sounds frightfully Irish.1967 October 30, Myles na gCopaleen, “Language Please”, in The Irish Times, page 10. From the entry mahogany gaspipe
  • He’s frightfully tired, for one thing.1957, Neville Shute, On the Beach, New York: William Morrow. From the entry hot water bag
  • She displayed alarming influenza on Tuesday morning, and although it was most frightfully inconvenient I packed her off home without a moment's delay.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry influ
  • A master’s life is frightfully tragic.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XX [Uniform ed., p. 201]. From the entry beak
  • Is it true that all Terrans, and other Solarians are frightfully rich, and go simply everywhere, and do as they please, and that almost nobody works?1956 August, Charles Stearns, “The Golden Ones”, in Science Fiction Quarterly, volume 4, number 4, page 30. From the entry Solarian

Meaning of frightfully

  1. adverb In a frightful manner.
  2. adverb Very, extremely.

Full definition of frightfully

Questions about frightfully in a sentence

How do you use frightfully in a sentence?
Frightfully is used as an adverb. For example: “It all went frightfully quickly.”
What is a short sentence with frightfully?
“It all went frightfully quickly.”
What does frightfully mean?
Frightfully means in a frightful manner.

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