"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 Forms: more frightfully [comparative], most frightfully [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtfəli Etymology: From 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. Translations (In a frightful manner): timige (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-frightfully-en-adv-5GGw5PTV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'In a frightful manner': 97 3
  2. Very, extremely.
    Sense id: en-frightfully-en-adv-pdagCz1j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 42 58 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 27 73
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