"frighteningly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From frightening + -ly.",
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      "form": "more frighteningly",
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        "In a frightening or terrifying manner."
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          "sense": "in a frightening manner",
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "in a frightening manner",
          "word": "espantosament"
        },
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "in a frightening manner",
          "word": "espantosamente"
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          "_dis1": "95 5",
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          "roman": "pugájušče",
          "sense": "in a frightening manner",
          "word": "пуга́юще"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "in a frightening manner",
          "word": "espantosamente"
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          "text": "Risk is everywhere.[…]For each [kind] there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks.",
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        "Very; beyond usual expectation so as to cause surprise or concern."
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          "sense": "beyond usual expectation",
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  "word": "frighteningly"
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      "sense": "in a frightening manner",
      "word": "terrifyingly"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "in a frightening manner",
      "word": "espantosament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a frightening manner",
      "word": "espantosamente"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pugájušče",
      "sense": "in a frightening manner",
      "word": "пуга́юще"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in a frightening manner",
      "word": "espantosamente"
    }
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  "word": "frighteningly"
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