affrightedly
English
Etymology
affrighted + -ly. According to the Poly-Olbion project, coined by Michael Drayton in 1612.
Adverb
affrightedly (comparative more affrightedly, superlative most affrightedly)
- (archaic, poetic) with fright
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion, song 12 p. 201:
- The thunder of their rage, and boystrous struggling, make
The neighboring Forrests round affrightedly to quake:
- 1910, Anna Katharine Green, The House of the Whispering Pines:
- I knew the voice and cast one quick glance that way, in time to see Ella sinking affrightedly out of sight under the dismayed looks of father and mother; then, anxious to note whether the prisoner had recognised her, too, looked hastily back to find him standing quietly and unmoved, with his eyes on his counsel and his lips set in the stern line which was slowly changing his expression.
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