frightfully
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Dressed as the Mystery Inc gang, they said they enjoyed a frightfully good night in the city.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
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
"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
The dogs of the village smelled or heard or sensed them coming, and began to howl frightfully; and the reindeer in their enclosure moved about nervously, their antlers clashing like dry sticks.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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