frightfully

• “She, too, was in debt; "frightfully," her husband had used the right word;”

  International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850

• “Their outlook towards a venomous German attempt to do something "frightfully" nasty, is very similar to a large and powerful nurse dealing with a fractious child -- sort of: "Now, then, Master Frankie, you mustn't kick and scream like that.”

  Bullets & Billets

• “Lots of them, of course, were frightfully swell (Betty annexed "frightfully" at school, by the by) and had all sorts of clothes; but Betty was perfectly content with her modest outfit, and none of the other girls seemed to mind how she dressed.”

  The Fortune Hunter

• “She, too, was in debt; "frightfully" her husband had used the right word; "hopelessly" so far as satisfying her creditors, even out of the large allowance Mr. Ferrars made her; and still she had not the courage voluntarily to tell the truth, which yet she knew must burst upon him ere long.”

  The Wedding Guest

• “frightfully' something or other during the evening.”

  The Head of the House of Coombe

• “In all spheres of social, economic and political relationships we are 'frightfully' revolutionary.”

  ANC Today

• “Hardly deserving of 'the most trusted man in America' moniker either; history has shown that he was frightfully deceitful.”

  Who Should Be The Next Administrator of NASA? - NASA Watch

• “Tudor, having pulled through the fever and started to mend, was still frightfully weak and very much starved.”

  Chapter 24

• “I'm afraid France took engravings and etchings, while it was a frightfully disappointing year for reliefs, with no gold medal awarded at all.”

  The Guardian: Pole dancing seeks an Olympic leg-up | Marina Hyde

• “The latter is especially inviting, as Dark Horse Comics released three frightfully king-sized collections in time for All Hallow's Eve.”

  October 2009

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