fearfully
Britishadverb
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in a fearful manner
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(intensifier)
you're fearfully kind
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“She has inspired millions. All for nothing now,” Ms. Gammon laments, though she finds something fearfully inevitable in the tragedy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Railing about powerlessness is a luxury we might want to save for the moment—should it ever fearfully arrive—in which we have truly got no power left to assert.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2025
"Are you from ICE?" one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2025
Lindsey’s parents fly to the Chinese city and fearfully track their eldest’s recovery, leaving their younger daughter, Grace, who was adopted from China, marooned at summer camp with no information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
Her eyes flicked fearfully from him to Pima and then to Blue Eyes a little ways away.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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