Definition of Frighteningly

1. Adverb. In an alarming manner. "The disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true"

Exact synonyms: Scarily
Partainyms: Frightening, Scary

Definition of Frighteningly

1. Adverb. In a frightening or terrifying manner. ¹

2. Adverb. Very; beyond usual expectation so as to cause surprise or concern. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Frighteningly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frighteningly

friggers
friggin
friggings
friggle
fright
fright reaction
frighted
frighten
frighten away
frighten off
frightened
frightener
frighteners
frightening
frighteningly (current term)
frightens
frightful
frightfull
frightfuller
frightfully
frightfulness
frightfulnesses
frightihead
frighting
frightless
frightment
frights
frightsome
frighty

Literary usage of Frighteningly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Banking & Information Security Conference: 1997 edited by Don Krysakowski (1997)
"The proliferation of affordable, high-performance computing power suddenly and frighteningly brings the task of planning a major, controlled disruption into ..."

2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"... even thought itself seems to have been banished little by little, along with liberty, is frighteningly gray and mournful. The poor quality of all the ..."

3. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"World food reserves, as measured by total cereal stores at any given time, are frighteningly small should production fail. They have amounted in recent ..."

4. Making Markets: Economic Transformation in Eastern Europe and the Post by Shafiqul Islam, Michael Mandelbaum (1993)
"... number who lose their jobs as a result of the trade shocks, the size of the possible "brain drain" or general emigration—all are frighteningly bigger. ..."

5. Dams and Rivers: Primer on the Downstream Effects of Dams by Michael Collier, Robert H. Webb, John C. Schmidt (1998)
"... kind of technology would carry a frighteningly large price tag. And even if sediment could somehow be introduced to the river channel, that alone might ..."

6. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"Which come to think of it, it pretty much literally had been—and at a frighteningly high level of the ontology to boot. With the creation of Schmoo, ..."

7. Mitterrand Legacy and the Future of French Security Policy by Ronald Tiersky (1996)
"This seemed reassuringly far away to some delegations, frighteningly near to others. Nevertheless, although European military dangers still must be taken ..."

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