Definitions
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- adverb With
fretting behaviour.
Etymologies
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fretting + -ly
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Examples
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The mere fact that Mr. Polly had to see them every day, that there was no getting away from them, was in itself sufficient to make them almost unendurable to his frettingly active mind.
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The mere fact that Mr. Polly had to see them every day, that there was no getting away from them, was in itself sufficient to make them almost unendurable to his frettingly active mind.
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The old woman frettingly called out: "Brigida, run after her.
Heidi (Gift Edition) Johanna Spyri 1864
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