Frightful; dreadful. • 1880, Allen Putnam, Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism, page 404 • 1880, Allen Putnam, Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism, page 404: "His wives" (he had buried two) had privately complained unto the neighbors about frightly apparitions of evil spirits with which their house was sometimes infested; and many such things had been whispered among the neighborhood." • "His wives" (he had buried two) had privately complained unto the neighbors about frightly apparitions of evil spirits with which their house was sometimes infested; and many such things had been whispered among the neighborhood." • 2013, Neils Axt, ChronoTales, page 15 • 2013, Neils Axt, ChronoTales, page 15: And they were the first, arriving at frightly matrimonial junction long before their high school classmates had seriously considered such options. • And they were the first, arriving at frightly matrimonial junction long before their high school classmates had seriously considered such options. • 2022, Garry Boulard, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant: Their Epic Battle • 2022, Garry Boulard, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant: Their Epic Battle: A more frightly scene was scarcely ever witnessed,” Cadwallader observed. • A more frightly scene was scarcely ever witnessed,” Cadwallader observed.