frightfully

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Recent Examples of frightfully Take inspiration from Anthro and fill them up with a frightfully delicious Halloween cocktail this fall. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2026 None of us knows what will occur — and so far, guessing about the outcome has been frightfully dangerous and has yielded nothing investable. Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2026 His bone-crushing jaws ready, William frightfully honed in on his prey — bathing suit-clad me. Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025 Plan early, because these fill up frightfully fast. Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025 Ludilo 100-Piece Bat Wall Decal Stickers From walls to windows, doors, tables, mirrors, and more, these best-selling bat stickers help transform every inch of your space into frightfully fun Halloween decor. Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025 From deciding how to decorate your house with frightfully tasteful touches to picking out the best candy, there’s plenty to do before October 31. Ella Cerón, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for frightfully
Adverb
  • The team turned to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a stadium-sized synchrotron facility that produces extremely bright X-ray beams.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Teasing out the impact of a small dose of radiation that occurs in addition to all those other exposures is extremely challenging, and the impact of extremely low exposures has not been decisively demonstrated.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Adverb
  • Dior presented its Diorissima collection at Villa Dior, a space dedicated to Dior’s very important customers (VICs).
    Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • The stewards of the forest About 100 miles northwest of the Tahoe Basin, lower down in the foothills, survivors of the epic 2018 Camp fire that destroyed the town of Paradise have a very different relationship with forest stewards.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Adverb
  • The reputations of our decent and hard-working journalists were terribly impugned, and today they have been exonerated.
    K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Your assumption of my competence, while gracious, would be terribly misguided.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Adverb
  • Each location was incredibly challenging, but each location was challenging in a different way.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 July 2026
  • Dan, your schedule is incredibly busy with this, Rick and Morty, Krapopolis and execing on Haunted Hotel.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Adverb
  • Spindle said the Samueli Foundation has launched a third fund, OC Plus, that’s aimed at helping local nonprofits collaborate on projects that might be too big, or too complex, for a single nonprofit.
    Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • But that is labor intensive, and when a fire burns thousands of acres, the time and cost involved can be too high.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Adverb
  • Talks with Occhiuto were cordial, but Hammer made clear that alternative sources of international staff would be highly appreciated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Traditional industrial robotics require precise, expensive programming for highly specific environments.
    Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Adverb
  • The Rolling Stones, down to two original members, have released their 25th studio album, Foreign Tongues, and most of it is pretty damned good.
    David Harris, SPIN, 6 July 2026
  • But Cleveland State was, in fact, a damned good basketball team, as were most of the double-digit seed winners in NCAA Tournament history.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Schumer badly misread the Democratic electorate and tried to clear the field for his preferred candidate, Maine’s 78-year-old governor, Janet Mills, leaving a vacuum that Platner filled.
    Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Industrial policy fails not only when badly designed at the top.
    Nili Gilbert, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

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“Frightfully.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/frightfully. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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