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Definition: Frightfully |
FrightfullyAdverb1. (informal) used as intensifiers, as in "terribly interesting"; "I'm awful sorry". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "frightfully" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1678. (references) |
Synonyms: FrightfullySynonyms: awful (adv), awfully (adv), terribly (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greatness | Painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I don't think that's frightfully funny D'Arnot! (Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; writing credit: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Robert Towne) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Yet did the physician, in his dark way, creep frightfully near the secret. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His brain was in one of those violent, and yet frightfully calm, conditions where reverie is so profound that it swallows up reality. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Frightfully" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Frightfully" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 74 | 38,813 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "frightfully"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | frikshëm (fearfully), tepër (beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dearly, excessively, extremely, greatly, highly, most, overly, overmuch, overwhelmingly, parlous, passing, pathetically, precious, so, too, too much, unduly, very). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على نحو مخيف (fearfully), بشكل مروع. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | страхотно (awfully, cruelly), ужасно (almighty, awfully, cruelly, damn, damnably, damned, ghastly, miserably, remarkably, roaring, shocking, terribly, terrifically, thundering, to death). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可怕地 (Awfully, Direly, Fearfully, gruesomely, horribly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | příšernì (awfully), hroznì (abominably, abysmally, appallingly, awfully, deadly, hellishly, hideously, horribly, painfully), dìsivì (appallingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hirmuisen (dreadfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | effroyablement, affreusement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schreckliche (appallingly, dreadfully, horribly, terribly, tremendousness), schrecklich (abominably, abysmal, appalling, awful, awfully, dire, direly, dreadful, dreadfully, fearful, fearfully, formidable, frantic, frightful, grim, gruesome, horrendous, horrible, horrid, horridly, horrific, horrifying, indescribable, indescribably, lurid, luridly, monstrously, painfully, shockingly, terrible, terribly, terrificly, terrifying, tremendous, tremenduously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szörnyen (atrociously, awful, awfully, dreadfully, fearfully, fiendishly, hugely, in the extreme, something, terribly), ijesztõen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | もし可能ならば (all the way, awfully, bashfully, be restless, completely, desperately, dishevelled, erection, farther, feel fuzzy, feel impatient, feel sad, fidget, flying squirrel, gusto, hazy, hesitantly, if possible, impatient, inefficient, irritating, is something that, is that which, Japanese mafia, longer, misty, more, mumble, not quick enough, shaggy, slow, someone full of zest, swelling, tantalizing, tardy, the "tent" an erection makes against pants or bedsheets, to do something the speaker regrets, to squirm, tousled, unkempt, violently, women's work pants, worry about, Yakuza). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | やけ (awfully, desperately, violently). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무섭게 (Direly, Fearfully, horribly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ightfullyfray teribil de (damned, deadly), înspãimântãtor (appalling, awsome, dread, dreadful, fearful, formidable, frightful, ghastly, ghostlike, horrible, horrid, howling, terrible, terrific, tremendous, unearthly), îngrozitor de (miserably). (various references) ужасно (atrociously, awesomely, awfully, bally, beastly, confoundedly, damnably, dooms, fearfully, ghastly, miserably, terribly). (various references) užasno (appallingly, awfully, dreadfully, horribly, terribly). (various references) terriblemente (awfully, beastly, calamitously, deadly, Deuce, head over heels, hellish, horribly, jolly, painfully, terribly), espantosamente (amazingly, shocking, shockingly, terrifyingly). (various references) förskräckligt (dreadfully, horribly), hemskt (awful, awfully, ever so). (various references) korkunç bir şekilde, iğrenç bir biçimde. (various references) страшно (horribly, terrible), страшенно (almighty, aloud, as anything, awfully, bloody, deadly, devilish, disgustingly, fearfully, horribly, precious, terrible), жахливо (almighty, appallingly, awfully, beastly, bitter, devilish, dogged, dreadfully, fearfully, ferociously, grievously, horribly, lamentably, sadly, woefully), дуже (anxiously, awfully, bang, bitter, bloody, clinking, curiously, deep, enormously, exceedingly, full, gey, greatly, hard, heaps, highly, hugely, immensely, in great measure, jolly, mightily, mighty, miles, much, nervously, notably, particularly, passing, precious, purely, real, really, shocking, some, strong, super, thumping, too, very, very much, violently, well, widely). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "frightfully" (pronounced frī"tfulē) |
| 7 | -r ī" t f u l ē | rightfully. |
| 6 | -ī" t f u l ē | delightfully. |
| 5 | -t f u l ē | artfully, fitfully, gratefully, regretfully, respectfully, tactfully, tastefully, thoughtfully, wistfully. |
| 4 | -f u l ē | anencephaly, blissfully, carefully, cheerfully, dreadfully, dutifully, faithfully, forcefully, gainfully, gleefully, gracefully, helpfully, hopefully, joyfully, lawfully, manfully, masterfully, meaningfully, mercifully, painfully, peacefully, pitifully, playfully, purposefully, ruefully, skillfully, successfully, tearfully, thankfully, truthfully, unlawfully, unsuccessfully, usefully, wilfully, willfully, wishfully, woefully, wonderfully, wrongfully. |
| 3 | -u l ē | abnormally, abysmally, accidentally, actually, additionally, agriculturally, anecdotally, angrily, annually, anomaly, arbitrarily, architecturally, artificially, beneficially, bilaterally, bodily, botanically, broccoli, brutally, busily, casually, centrally, cerebrally, chronically, Cicely, circumstantially, civilly, clinically, clumsily, coincidentally, comically, commercially, conceptually, conditionally, confidentially, congressionally, conspiratorially, constitutionally, continentally, continually, contractually, contradictorily, conventionally, cordially, crazily, criminally, critically, culturally, customarily, cynically, developmentally, diagonally, diametrically, digitally, dismally, diurnally, dorsally, easily, editorially, educationally, eerily, electrically, electronically, emotionally, empirically, environmentally, equally, essentially, eternally, ethically, eventually, exceptionally, experimentally, exponentially, externally, extraordinarily, facsimile, factually, family, fanatically, fatally, federally, finally, financially, fiscally, florally, formally, fractionally, frantically, frugally, functionally, fundamentally, generally, generationally, geographically, giggly, globally, gloomily, governmentally, gradually, gravelly, gravitationally, greedily, habitually, handily, happily, hastily, haughtily, heartily, heavily, hermetically, historically, homily, horizontally, hungrily, icily, illegally, impartially, incidentally, incrementally, individually, industrially, informally, initially, institutionally, intellectually, intentionally, internally, internationally, intrinsically, involuntarily, irrationally, jauntily, journalistically, judicially, lazily, legally, liberally, literally, locally, loyally, luckily, magically, magnetically, majestically, manually, marginally, materially, mathematically, medicinally, mentally, merrily, methodically, metrically, mightily, militarily, mineralogically, minimally, momentarily, monetarily, monopoly, monumentally, morally, mortally, multifamily, multilaterally, municipally, mutually, nasally, nationally, nattily, naturally, necessarily, noisily, nominally, normally, novelly, nutritionally, occasionally, officially, oligopoly, operationally, optimistically, orally, orchestrally, ordinarily, originally, parenthetically, partially, pathetically, perennially, periodically, peripherally, perpetually, personally, phenomenally, philosophically, physically, politically, potentially, pragmatically, preferentially, preliminarily, presidentially, primarily, procedurally, professionally, proportionally, provincially, provisionally, quintessentially, racially, radially, rationally, readily, regally, regionally, ritualistically, romantically, royally, sardonically, satisfactorily, scantily, scientifically, seasonally, secondarily, semiannually, sequentially, serenely, severally, sexually, skeptically, sleepily, sloppily, socially, specially, speedily, spiritually, statistically, statutorily, steadily, steamily, structurally, subfamily, subliminally, substantially, subtly, summarily, supremely, surgically, symbolically, sympathetically, tactically, tangentially, technically, technologically, temperamentally, temporally, temporarily, terminally, territorially, testily, theatrically, theoretically, therapeutically, totally, traditionally, Tripoli, uncannily, unconditionally, unconstitutionally, uncritically, uneasily, unequivocally, unhappily, unilaterally, unintentionally, universally, unnaturally, unnecessarily, unofficially, unusually, usually, virtually, viscerally, visually, vitally, vocally, voluntarily, warily, wearily, wiggly, wittily, wobbly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-f-g-h-i-l-l-r-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: rightfully. | |
-2 letters: frightful. | |
-3 letters: fitfully, gruffily, lightful, rightful. | |
-4 letters: fifthly, flighty, gruffly, huffily, lightly, liturgy, rightly. | |
-5 letters: filthy, fitful, flight, flirty, fright, frilly, fruity, fulfil, gluily, gruffy, guilty, righty, ruffly, thrill, trigly, uglify, uglily. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 72 69 67 68 74 66 75 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .-. .. --. .... - ..-. ..- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01110010 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F r i g h t f u l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0072 0069 0067 0068 0074 0066 0075 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4084757374867287787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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