frightfully
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Spooky season culminates tomorrow, and my colleagues have put together a frightfully good list of what to brew, read, and dress up as to get your weekend off to the right start:
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
"I don't think I was desperate to find somebody. I certainly hope not. I was frightfully busy with work."
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
"He had black crew-cut hair and National Health glasses and was frightfully shy and very poor... I started selling the odd drawing on his behalf for seven or eight pounds."
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
Perhaps one could argue that this kind of frightfully subdued blockbuster is a result of audiences being confused about what they want.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
It took a frightfully long time—Sir Lancelot's innings frequently lasted all day, if he were battling against a good knight—and the movements had a feeling of slow-motion, because of the weight at armour.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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