"frightfully" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹaɪtfli/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɹaɪtfəli/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-frightfully.ogg [US] Forms: more frightfully [comparative], most frightfully [superlative]
Etymology: frightful + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|frightful|ly}} frightful + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} frightfully (comparative more frightfully, superlative most frightfully)
  1. In a frightful manner.
    Sense id: en-frightfully-en-adv-5GGw5PTV
  2. Very, extremely.
    Sense id: en-frightfully-en-adv-pdagCz1j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 8 92

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