alarmedly

alarmedly

English

Etymology

alarmed +‎ -ly

Adverb

alarmedly (comparative more alarmedly, superlative most alarmedly)

1. In an alarmed manner.

   Synonym: in alarm, with alarm

   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Pit and the Pendulum” in Eliza Leslie (ed.), The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present, Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, p. 147,

     At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change—at the cessation of movement. They shrank alarmedly back […]

   • 1872, John Hay, et al., Not Pretty, But Precious‎:

     Now I thought I had said something calculated to make Bessie turn pale and gasp, but I could scarcely believe it when I looked up, expecting to find her almost fainting, and saw her pensively, but by no means alarmedly, shaking her head. "

   • 1922, Louis John Stellman, Port O' Gold‎:

     The Law and Order Party was being organized out of various elements that viewed alarmedly the Vigilantes' growing power.

Translations

in an alarmed manner

Chinese: Mandarin: 驚恐地 (zh), 惊恐地 (zh) (jīngkǒng de) Finnish: hädissään Portuguese: alarmadamente