scaredly
English
Etymology
scared + -ly
Adverb
scaredly (comparative more scaredly, superlative most scaredly)
- In a scared manner, with fear.
- 1921, Edward R. G. R. Evans, South with Scott:
- He then turned round and looked scaredly at Crean and myself.
- 1857, Various, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.:
- Wha, like the stricken deer, chased by the hunter's spear, Fled frae the hills o' his father sae scaredly; But wha, by affection's chart, reigns in auld Scotland's heart-- Wha but the royal, the gallant Prince Charlie?
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