alarmingly
About 0.48 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adverb In an alarming way, frighteningly.
He sneezed alarmingly.
- adverb Causing fear or concern.
Alarmingly, he went into a severe sneezing fit.
- adverb To an extent that causes alarm.
He went into an alarmingly severe sneezing fit.
Similar words
worryingly frighteningly distressingly disturbingly horrifyingly terribly dreadfully appallingly horribly awfully
Often followed by
high in ill low and large close as like
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