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ter|ri|fy|ing|ly
ter|ri|fy|ing|ly «TEHR uh FY ihng lee», adverb.
in a terrifying manner; to a terrifying degree: »

Aunt Kate yelled terrifyingly from the back of the hall “I'm going to tell your mother” (Time). It includes some terrifyingly vivid writing (Anthony West). Much refuse from fission is low-level and short-lived but about one-third of it is terrifyingly radioactive (Newsweek).


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