frightfully

Example Sentences

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Frightfully decent chap, he takes a bullet for her, too: "Well, I'm very glad I got in the way!"

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2010

Frightfully sorry, blushed Dorothy, but please would he give it back: she had only meant him to give the $60,000 volume his blessing.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Frightfully good tailor. Never believe it to see me now," Mike said.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

"Frightfully," assented Mrs. Stanistreet in a weary voice.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph

Frightfully glad to see you," this weird creature was saying, and Patty caught her breath, and murmured, "Oh, thank you.

From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn