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alarmedly

adverb

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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: From alarmed + -ly.

  1. In an alarmed manner.

    At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change—at the cessation of movement. They shrank alarmedly back […]

    Now I thought I had said something calculated to make Bessie turn pale and gasp, but I could scarcely believe it when I looked up, expecting to find her almost fainting, and saw her pensively, but by no means alarmedly, shaking her head. "