Scarily

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a scary manner.

    "He adores his bedtime baseball stories, even at his ripe old age. “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a terrifying manner wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
frighteninglyfrighteningly

Example

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"He adores his bedtime baseball stories, even at his ripe old age. “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano."

Etymology

From scary + -ly.

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