frightfully
意味一覧 (2件)
非常に、とても
解説 Definition
frightfully は形容詞や副詞の前に置いて、程度が高いことを表す強意の副詞です。日常会話ではやや古風・英国風に響くことがあり、sorry、expensive、nice など感情や評価を含む語を強める場面で使われます。
Frightfully is an adverb used before an adjective or another adverb to mean very or extremely. It often adds strong feeling to words like sorry, expensive, or nice. In modern English, it can sound slightly old-fashioned or especially British, but it is still understood as an intensifier rather than a literal reference to fear.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fright は「恐怖」ですが、frightfully は会話や文章で very や extremely のように程度を強める副詞としてよく使われます。-ful は「〜に満ちた」、-ly は副詞を作る形なので、形は「怖さでいっぱいに」から来ています。実際には frightfully sorry、frightfully expensive、frightfully nice のように、謝罪・値段・評価を強める表現として覚えると自然です。「恐ろしいほど」という別義とは分け、ここでは強意語として押さえます。
Although fright means fear, frightfully is often used like very or extremely in real English. You can remember the form as fright + -ful + -ly, which originally suggested being full of fear. In actual usage, think of common phrases like frightfully sorry, frightfully expensive, and frightfully nice. Keep this intensifier meaning separate from the literal sense of terribly or fearfully.
例文
I’m frightfully sorry for keeping you waiting.
お待たせして本当に申し訳ありません。
That restaurant was frightfully expensive, so we decided not to go back.
そのレストランはとても高かったので、私たちはもう行かないことにしました。
She was frightfully nice to everyone at the meeting.
彼女は会議でみんなにとても親切でした。
恐ろしいほど
(意味 2)解説 Definition
恐ろしいほどの程度を表す副詞。非常に、ひどくという意味で使われる。
Frightfully can mean very or extremely, often in a somewhat old-fashioned or British style. It can also keep its more literal meaning of in a frightening or terrible way, depending on context. Learners should notice that it is often used as an intensifier in speech or writing.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
このエントリでは frightfully を、単なる「非常に、とても」ではなく、fright「恐怖」の感覚が残る「恐ろしいほど」として覚えます。-ful は「〜に満ちた」、-ly は副詞なので、怖さやひどさが目立つほど程度が大きい、というイメージです。frightfully cold や frightfully expensive のように、寒さ・高さ・悪さなどが圧倒的で、少しぞっとするほどだと感じる文脈に合います。基本義の強意語とは別に、恐怖や不快感を帯びた強調として整理しましょう。
The base is `fright`, so the word carries strong feeling, but `frightfully` often just means `very` or `extremely`. Think of it as a more emotional, old-fashioned intensifier, similar to `awfully`. Phrases like `frightfully sorry` or `frightfully expensive` are easy memory anchors.
例文
The weather has been frightfully cold this winter, even by northern standards.
今年の冬は北国の基準でも恐ろしいほど寒い。
I'm frightfully sorry for the inconvenience caused by the delay.
遅延によるご不便をお掛けして本当に申し訳ございません。
The restaurant was frightfully expensive, but the food was extraordinary.
そのレストランはとんでもなく高かったが、料理は素晴らしかった。
frightfully の語源・成り立ち Etymology
frightfully は fright「恐怖」に -ful「〜に満ちた」と副詞語尾 -ly が付いた語です。もとは「恐ろしく」の意味で、そこから程度を強める「非常に」へ広がりました。
Frightfully comes from fright, with the suffix -ful and the adverb ending -ly. It originally meant in a frightening or terrible way. Later, it developed the weaker meaning very or extremely as an intensifier.
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