frighteningly

1. 1.

   in an alarming manner

   “the disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true”

   Synonymsscarily

Questions about frighteningly

What does frighteningly mean?

frighteningly means "in an alarming manner".

How many syllables are in frighteningly?

frighteningly has 4 syllables: frigh-te-nin-gly. The stress falls on "frigh". In IPA it is /ˈfɹaɪtənɪŋli/.

What is another word for frighteningly?

Close synonyms include scarily. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frighteningly a common word?

frighteningly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.