| 释义 |
ˈscarily, adv.
[f. scary a. + -ly2.]
1. Timidly.
1845W. G. Simms Wigwam & Cabin 1st Ser. 107 My heart as cold as ice, and jumping up and down as scarily as a rabbit's. 1880Howells Undisc. Country ix. 133 The light..was held scarily aloft above the head of an elderly woman.
2. Frighteningly, unnervingly.
1967Economist 19 Aug. 664/2 Shell is running a scarily fine operation with a smaller proportion than most companies of its tanker needs provided by its own fleet and with relatively short charters. 1978L. Block Burglar in Closet xi. 94 He'd come scarily close to the truth. |