Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an affrighted manner; with fright.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With fright.
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- adverb archaic, poetic with
fright
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Examples
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The voice that was praying for me faltered and sank low — then rose on a sudden, and called affrightedly, called despairingly to me to come away.
The Woman in White 2003
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The voice that was praying for me faltered and sank low -- then rose on a sudden, and called affrightedly, called despairingly to me to come away.
The Woman in White 1860
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The voice that was praying for me faltered and sank low -- then rose on a sudden, and called affrightedly, called despairingly to me to come away.
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins 1856
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The dressmaker, with her hands still clasped, looked affrightedly from the one to the other of her two companions.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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“I never wrote it,” she gasped affrightedly; “I know nothing about it!”
The Woman in White 2003
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“Did you hear anybody calling after us?” she asked, looking up and down the road affrightedly, the instant I stopped.
The Woman in White 2003
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Before she had been long engaged in this way, she was startled by the sound of his voice, affrightedly calling her back.
No Name 2003
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When the first crows rose in the air, cawing affrightedly, he did not hear.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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Some circled in the air and occasionally swooped down towards the ground only to rocket up again affrightedly to the sky; for the tiger lay by its kill and resented the approach of any daring bird that aspired to share the feast.
The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly
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The corridor, as he glances affrightedly up and down, is empty.
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