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单词 affrightedly
释义

affrightedly

English

Etymology

affrighted + -ly. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

Adverb

affrightedly (comparative more affrightedly, superlative most affrightedly)

  1. (archaic, poetic) with fright
    • 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion song 12 p. 201:
      The thunder of their rage, and boystrous struggling, make
      The neighboring Forrests round affrightedly to quake:
    • 1870, Various, Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 18, July 30, 1870:
      What's all this?" gasps Mr. MCLAUGHLIN, struggling affrightedly in his suffocating cage of whalebone and alpaca.
    • 1910, Anna Katharine Green, The House of the Whispering Pines:
      I knew the voice and cast one quick glance that way, in time to see Ella sinking affrightedly out of sight under the dismayed looks of father and mother; then, anxious to note whether the prisoner had recognised her, too, looked hastily back to find him standing quietly and unmoved, with his eyes on his counsel and his lips set in the stern line which was slowly changing his expression.
    • 1922, Gordon Casserly, The Jungle Girl:
      Some circled in the air and occasionally swooped down towards the ground only to rocket up again affrightedly to the sky; for the tiger lay by its kill and resented the approach of any daring bird that aspired to share the feast.

References

  • The Poly-Olbion project
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