Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a frightful manner.

  2. (colloquial, dated)Very, extremely.

    It all went frightfully quickly.

More definitions
  • used as intensifiers

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom was frightfully murdered during the last days of the war.

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  2. It is frightfully expensive.

    ruЭто ужасно дорого.

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  3. I'm frightfully chilly.

    deMich friert fürchterlich.

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Forms

more frightfully, most frightfully
Comparativemore frightfully Lesson
Superlativemost frightfully

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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