fretfully

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   in a fretful manner

   “fretfully, the baby tossed in his crib”

Questions about fretfully

What does fretfully mean?

fretfully means "in a fretful manner".

How many syllables are in fretfully?

fretfully has 3 syllables: fret-ful-ly. The stress falls on "fret".

Is fretfully a common word?

fretfully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.