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scaredly en · ADV

Etymology

From scared + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a scared manner, with fear.
   • He then turned round and looked scaredly at Crean and myself. 1921, Edward R. G. R. Evans, South with Scott:
   • Wha, like the stricken deer, chased by the hunter's spear, Fled frae the hills o' his father sae scaredly; But wha, by affection's chart, reigns in auld Scotland's heart-- Wha but the royal, the gallant Prince Charlie? 1857, Various, The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV.:

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