adverb

• Very (used for emphasis)

  ‘it was frightfully hot’

  More example sentences

  • ‘I'm frightfully sorry’
  • ‘My muscles are still frightfully sore, but they are looser then yesterday.’
  • ‘The number of people who decided whether or not our song would be played was frightfully small.’
  • ‘Everyone thought that was frightfully romantic!’
  • ‘Because we're frightfully busy here at the office, all I can give you now is reassurance that the lady and I are okay, a little bruised and sore, but okay.’
  • ‘They're pretty funny, and frightfully accurate… they also seem a little mean-spirited.’

  Synonyms

  very, extremely, exceedingly, exceptionally, especially, tremendously, immensely, vastly, hugely