Definitions
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- adverb In a
scared manner, with fear.
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Examples
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A half-woken stoat peeped scaredly from its lair in a drystone wall and a skinny old doe stood alert and watchful on a limestone outcrop.
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From where he sat with crossed knees and his nicely polished shoes far out so that passers-by were forced to a small detour, Albert looked suddenly across at his mother-in-law, rather scaredly white.
Star-Dust Fannie Hurst 1928
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He then turned round and looked scaredly at Crean and myself.
South with Scott Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans 1918
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Stephen, who is quite close to it, looks at it rather scaredly, and moves away quickly to the cannon.
Major Barbara George Bernard Shaw 1903
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The housemaid hurried scaredly in to the bar behind and whispered to the boss.
The Rising of the Court Henry Lawson 1894
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James looked scaredly back at her, wriggling his hands around in his lap.
Autism Hub 2009
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THE WOMAN [pulling herself together after looking scaredly at
The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet George Bernard Shaw 1903
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