fearfully
Britishadverb
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in a fearful manner
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(intensifier)
you're fearfully kind
Example Sentences
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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
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
Like an emperor has no clothes situation, do we fearfully accept IQ tests as the primary means of measuring intelligence so we will not have our own intelligence challenged?
From Salon • Dec. 28, 2024
Videos shared on social media of the immediate aftermath of the quake, which Reuters could not immediately verify, showed people fearfully running out of a shopping centre, restaurants and apartment buildings and congregating outside.
From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023
“If you will give me three silver pieces...” she said fearfully.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
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