† affrightfullyadv.
Obsolete (archaic in later use).
In a frightening manner; alarmingly.
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the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adverb] > in an alarmed manner
affrightedly1612
affrightfully1659
alarmedly1827
1659 R. Brathwait Panthalia 115 None outwardly better arm'd against assaults: nor inwardly more naked, nor affrightfully expos'd to alarms.
1668 H. More Two Last Dialogues v. xli. 459 That I lose not my Repose this Night, or dream affrightfully.
1723 J. Hughes tr. Claudian Rape of Proserpine (new ed.) iii. 61 Round their Limbs the griesly Serpents dead, Which form'd their Feet, affrightfully are spread.
1858 M. A. Moffitt Juvenile Tourist 371 Most affrightfully doth rage This terrible contagion.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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adv.1659- from the face of
- from the farness
- from the field
- from the fingers' ends
- from the first
- from the first hand
- from the first to the last
- from the first, cradle
- from the flat
- from the floor
- from the frame
- from the get-go
- from the getgo
- from the ground up
- from the heart
- from the horse's mouth
- from the housetops
- from the jump
- from the life
- from the look
- from the looks
- from the matter
- from the month
- from the mouth of a person
- from the outset