Alarmedly

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an alarmed manner.

    "At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change—at the cessation of movement. They shrank alarmedly back […]"

Example

More examples

"At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change—at the cessation of movement. They shrank alarmedly back […]"

Etymology

From alarmed + -ly.

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