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scarily en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English scary Middle English -ly English -ly English scarily From scary + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a scary manner.
   • Her loneliness is made much worse by post-natal depression and delusions – which are represented with scarily plausible simplicity. 2021 July 11, Peter Bradshaw, “Three Floors review – Nanni Moretti melodrama lacks profundity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • He adores his bedtime baseball stories, even at his ripe old age. “It's called 'The Curse.' Wooooooooo!” Sol sings scarily in a trilly, ghostlike, gradually descending soprano. 2009, Bob Mitchell, Once Upon a Fastball:

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