frightfully
English
Etymology
frightful + -ly
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/, /ˈfɹaɪtfli/, /-ɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/
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Adverb
frightfully (comparative more frightfully, superlative most frightfully)
- In a frightful manner.
- Very, extremely.
- It all went frightfully quickly.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 199:
- "Really!" he said, collapsing into lassitude. "It's too frightfully hot for singing."