frightly (English, adj)
expansion: frightly (comparative more frightly, superlative most frightly)
Senses:
glosses: Frightful; dreadful.
glosses: 1880, Allen Putnam, Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism, page 404
glosses: 1880, Allen Putnam, Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism, page 404:
"His wives" (he had buried two) had privately complained unto the neighbors about frightly apparitions of evil spirits with which their house was sometimes infested; and many such things had been whispered among the neighborhood."
"His wives" (he had buried two) had privately complained unto the neighbors about frightly apparitions of evil spirits with which their house was sometimes infested; and many such things had been whispered among the neighborhood."
glosses: 2013, Neils Axt, ChronoTales, page 15
glosses: 2013, Neils Axt, ChronoTales, page 15:
And they were the first, arriving at frightly matrimonial junction long before their high school classmates had seriously considered such options.
And they were the first, arriving at frightly matrimonial junction long before their high school classmates had seriously considered such options.
glosses: 2022, Garry Boulard, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant: Their Epic Battle
glosses: 2022, Garry Boulard, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant: Their Epic Battle:
A more frightly scene was scarcely ever witnessed,” Cadwallader observed.
A more frightly scene was scarcely ever witnessed,” Cadwallader observed.
Forms:
form: more frightly
tags: comparative
form: most frightly
tags: superlative