alarmedly

comparative more alarmedly · superlative most alarmedly

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

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   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

   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

   Synonyms: in alarm, with alarm