terrifyingly
Americanadverb
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Selective hearing on this scale is wild, but it is also terrifyingly deliberate.
From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2026
Oliver Burkeman’s 2021 book, “Four Thousand Weeks”—named for the average human lifespan, which he called “absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short”—sought to alarm readers into giving priority to the pursuits most meaningful to them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
The characters, rendered with contemporary exactness by a first-rate cast, were so recognizable that they made the mysterious events unfolding around them terrifyingly plausible.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025
He began the game on the floor, terrifyingly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
He is silent for so long, in fact, that I think he is going to eradicate me where I stand, with lightning vision or something terrifyingly cool.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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