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Meanings of frightfully in English

Portuguese
terrivelmente

Used as intensifiers.

        terrivelmente
        Usage of frightfully in English
        1
        The British army swore frightfully in Flanders, and in King Street, too.
        The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 / F...
        2
        She was huge and slow; she could be frightfully cold and crushing.
        We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
        3
        For the teeth and claws of the larger carnivora are frightfully infectious.
        Sketches of the East Africa Campaign
        4
        Mr. Blackstone laughed, and the laugh sounded frightfully harsh in my ears.
        The Vicar's Daughter
        5
        The rarefied atmosphere of these high regions makes the stomach frightfully hollow.
        Samuel Brohl and Company
        6
        By the end of December the mortality among them had frightfully increased.
        State of the Union Addresses
        7
        But she had a frightfully sharp look in those eyes of hers.
        Weird Tales from Northern Seas
        8
        Those affected in this way swelled up frightfully from day to day.
        Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
        9
        You must get in some wood too, for it is frightfully cold.
        Caught in the Net
        10
        The wounds bleed frightfully-hencethe numerous stains discovered all along his path.
        The Mystery of Orcival
        11
        This man is frightfully ugly; his face has been burned with vitriol.
        Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03
        12
        Darling was frightfully ashamed of himself, but he would not give in.
        Peter Pan
        13
        But I didn't like being so frightfully messed up in the process.
        The Blood Red Dawn
        14
        But this hinders frightfully. Andrews yanked at the front of his tunic.
        Three Soldiers
        15
        Because the daytime is so frightfully hot that work will be difficult.
        Cord and Creese
        16
        She turned her face to the pillow and began to cry-most frightfully.
        This Freedom
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        Portuguese
        terrivelmente
        Frightfully through the time
        Frightfully across language varieties
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