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affrightedly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: From affrighted + -ly. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.

  1. with fright

    The thunder of their rage, and boystrous struggling, make The neighboring Forrests round affrightedly to quake:

    What's all this?" gasps Mr. MCLAUGHLIN, struggling affrightedly in his suffocating cage of whalebone and alpaca.