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Their outlook towards a venomous German attempt to do something "frightfully" nasty, is very similar to a large and powerful nurse dealing with a fractious child -- sort of: "Now, then, Master Frankie, you mustn't kick and scream like that."

Bullets & Billets Bruce Bairnsfather

She, too, was in debt; "frightfully," her husband had used the right word;

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

Lots of them, of course, were frightfully swell (Betty annexed "frightfully" at school, by the by) and had all sorts of clothes; but Betty was perfectly content with her modest outfit, and none of the other girls seemed to mind how she dressed.

The Fortune Hunter Louis Joseph Vance 1906

She, too, was in debt; "frightfully" her husband had used the right word; "hopelessly" so far as satisfying her creditors, even out of the large allowance Mr. Ferrars made her; and still she had not the courage voluntarily to tell the truth, which yet she knew must burst upon him ere long.

The Wedding Guest 1847

'frightfully' something or other during the evening.

The Head of the House of Coombe Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

"In all spheres of social, economic and political relationships we are 'frightfully' revolutionary.

ANC Today 2006

Tudor, having pulled through the fever and started to mend, was still frightfully weak and very much starved.

Chapter 24 2010

I'm afraid France took engravings and etchings, while it was a frightfully disappointing year for reliefs, with no gold medal awarded at all.

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The latter is especially inviting, as Dark Horse Comics released three frightfully king-sized collections in time for All Hallow's Eve.

October 2009 2009

Hardly deserving of 'the most trusted man in America' moniker either; history has shown that he was frightfully deceitful.

Who Should Be The Next Administrator of NASA? - NASA Watch 2009