terrifyingly
Adverb
Meaning
terrifyingly (comparative more terrifyingly, superlative most terrifyingly)
In a terrifying manner.
The special effects were terrifyingly realistic the first time I saw them.
Synonyms
Examples
Anyone who was alive during the outbreak of the bubonic plague in the 14th century experienced something terrifyingly close to the widespread death and chaos of an apocalyptic event.
I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people - that's paranoid and fraught and beleaguered and downtrodden, just as Tom Cruise wants to show that he's terrifyingly upbeat and terrifyingly heroic all the time.
But they've been forced to qualify in recent days that this would mean about two weeks worth of supplies, not six months, as serious shortages of medications, face masks and, most terrifyingly, toilet paper, now loom in Australia.
It’s only when Anthony’s artwork of the legend unknowingly opens a door to a complex past that unravels his own sanity and unleashes a terrifyingly viral wave of violence that puts him on a collision course with destiny.
It’s a make-or-break summer in these vacation spots — and the future is still terrifyingly unclear.
Cox’s performance as the inscrutable then suddenly, terrifyingly, raging centre of the family already feels definitive.