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

You and she must have enjoyed each other; for Mr. Graham tells me you are—" "Frightfully clever, too?

From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Goodwin, Maud Wilder

Footnote 6: Frightfully is this true cry of humanity echoed in Hess's Flying Journeys, Part IV. p.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul