terrifyingly

English

Etymology

From terrifying +‎ -ly.

Adverb

terrifyingly (comparative more terrifyingly, superlative most terrifyingly)

1. In a terrifying manner.

   The special effects were terrifyingly realistic the first time I saw them.

   • 2009 July 15, “Rights for Northerners. A PC honours list. What have we done to deserve Harriet Harperson and her equality maniacs?”, in Daily Mail‎, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2009-07-16:

     After 'class war', we now apparently have 'location war'. If this idea is allowed to progress beyond Ms Harperson's terrifyingly one-track mind, hundreds of public organisations will have to have special quotas for Yorkshirepersons or Cornishpersons whenever a vacancy occurs.