scarily

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”

   Synonymsfrighteningly

Questions about scarily

What does scarily mean?

scarily means "in an alarming manner".

How many syllables are in scarily?

scarily has 3 syllables: sca-ri-ly. The stress falls on "sca".

What is another word for scarily?

Close synonyms include frighteningly. 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 scarily a common word?

scarily 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.