affrightedlyadv.
/əˈfrʌɪtᵻdli/, U.S. /əˈfraɪdᵻdli/ Now rare (chiefly archaic in later use).
In a frightened manner; with fright or alarm.In quot. 1612 in figurative context.
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the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [adverb] > in an alarmed manner
affrightedly1612
affrightfully1659
alarmedly1827
1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xii. 201 The thunder of their rage, and boystrous struggling, make The neighboring Forrests round affrightedly to quake.
1686 T. Pierce Law & Equity Gospel 390 Keep him company they will to the Brink of Happiness, But there affrightedly start back like their Brother Demas.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xv. 496 And make them affrightedly to start from Him..whom they adored.
1755 Earthquakes Improved (single sheet) See! how poor Wretches from their Beds Affrightedly arise..With Horror in their Eyes!
1860 W. Collins Woman in White iv. 17 Looking up and down the road affrightedly.
1922 M. B. Lowndes What Timmy Did xi. 121 The owner of the pretty hands had become suddenly, affrightedly, aware that someone was there, outside the window, staring down.
1988 B. Unsworth Sugar & Rum iv. 210 A tall black man came out hugging a television set, his eyes peering affrightedly over the top.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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