frightfully

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frightfully

/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/ UK
/ˈfɹaɪtfli/ UK
/-ɪ/ UK
/ˈfɹaɪtfəli/ US

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adverb more frightfully · most frightfully

In a frightful manner.
Commonwealth, UK, colloquial Very, extremely. It all went frightfully quickly.

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@misc{frightfully_2026,
  title = {frightfully},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/frightfully},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}