frightfully
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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"I don't think I was desperate to find somebody. I certainly hope not. I was frightfully busy with work."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
"He had black crew-cut hair and National Health glasses and was frightfully shy and very poor... I started selling the odd drawing on his behalf for seven or eight pounds."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
And it is fantasy to try to divorce sports from the times we live in and the events that unfold, sometimes frightfully, beyond the comfortable confines of the stadium and arena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2025
Without safeguards, these ambitions “may be frightfully compromised” by the harm done to people and the environment, the report said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 5, 2023
“And now I must get home. It’s frightfully late. I shall catch it.”
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
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