scaredly

adv

Etymology: From scared + -ly.

1. In a scared manner, with fear.

   “He then turned round and looked scaredly at Crean and myself.”

   “Wha, like the stricken deer, chased by the hunter's spear, Fled frae the hills o' his father sae scaredly; But wha, by affection's chart, reigns in auld Scotland's heart-- Wha but the royal, the gallant Prince Charlie?”