Alarmingly
[ə'la:miŋli]
Examples
- He was such an alarmingly large person that I quite trembled. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The maidservant of Mrs. Rushworth, senior, threatened alarmingly. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Tom's amendment was alarmingly slow. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In fact, the good little fellow had become alarmingly limp, and his senses seemed to be rapidly escaping, from the knees upward. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Besides which,' said Mr. Harthouse, taking a turn or two across the room, dubiously, 'it's so alarmingly absurd. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- She telegraphed her wish to Meg, but the eyebrows went up so alarmingly that she dared not stir. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Colliery explosions of fire-damp (marsh gas) became alarmingly frequent, especially in the north of England. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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