scaredly

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adverb

In a scared manner, with fear.

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Meanings

adverbscaredly (comparative more scaredly, superlative most scaredly)

comparative more scaredly · superlative most scaredly

  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
    1 more example

    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.

Origin

From scared + -ly.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

scaredly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaredly

MLA

“scaredly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaredly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scaredly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scaredly.

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