Dictionary

alarmedly en · ADV

Etymology

From alarmed + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an alarmed manner.
   • The Law and Order Party was being organized out of various elements that viewed alarmedly the Vigilantes' growing power. 1922, Louis John Stellman, Port O' Gold:
   • Now I thought I had said something calculated to make Bessie turn pale and gasp, but I could scarcely believe it when I looked up, expecting to find her almost fainting, and saw her pensively, but by no means alarmedly, shaking her head. " 1872, John Hay et al., Not Pretty, But Precious:
   • At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change—at the cessation of movement. They shrank alarmedly back […] 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Pit and the Pendulum”, in Eliza Leslie, editor, The Gift: A Christmas and New Year’s Present, Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, page 147:

Forms

Synonyms

in alarm, with alarm

Translations (3)

cmn 驚恐地 /惊恐地 (in an alarmed manner) · fi hädissään (in an alarmed manner) · pt alarmadamente (in an alarmed manner)