Synonyms for alarmingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uh-lahr-ming
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɑr mɪŋ

Top 10 synonyms for alarmingly Other synonyms for the word alarmingly

Définition of alarmingly

Origin :
  • 1787, from alarming, present participle adjective from alarm (v.), + -ly (2).
  • As in dangerously : adv precariously
Example sentences :
  • The lady's manner was this morning most alarmingly gracious.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • You do not know how alarmingly she has changed for the worse.
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • The Continent is alarmingly infected with such opinions as these.'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • The falls were alarmingly close when suddenly the eyes of the cub brightened.
  • Extract from : « Followers of the Trail » by Zoe Meyer
  • The dinners in Martin Street were alarmingly in want of fresh blood.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • At which the monster roared most alarmingly, and all fell together again.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon of Wantley » by Owen Wister
  • In the passage he ran against the head boy, who was alarmingly like an undergraduate.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • There was a terrible intimacy in the affair; it was alarmingly personal.
  • Extract from : « Buying a Horse » by William Dean Howells
  • Fortune's countenance is apt to be so alarmingly mobile with some unfortunates.
  • Extract from : « Vice Versa » by F. Anstey
  • Already most of the men were ill with scurvy, and some of them were alarmingly low.
  • Extract from : « Fast in the Ice » by R.M. Ballantyne

Antonyms for alarmingly

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