horrifiedlyadv.
/ˈhɒrᵻfʌɪdli/, U.S. /ˈhɔrəˌfaɪdli/ In a horrified manner.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of terror or horror > [adverb] > in a horrified manner
horrifiedly1908
1908 R. Broughton Mamma v. 49 A thought which they have been horrifiedly chasing like a rat or a scorpion out of his or her own mind.
1923 J. S. Huxley Ess. Biologist i. 56 It is easy enough to see items on the debit side, and indeed to be so horrifiedly fascinated by it as not to have eyes for anything else.
1951 Theatre Arts Dec. 78 He is fondling her white throat with his fingers and she horrifiedly realizes it is these same clutching digits that have strangled his earlier victims.
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