fearfully

/ (ˈfɪəfʊlɪ) /

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adverb

in a fearful manner

(intensifier)you're fearfully kind

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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.

a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; spendthrift.

a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.

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feal, fealty, fear, feared, fearful, fearfully, fearless, fearnought, fearsome, feasance, feasibility study

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He is vividly, fearfully aware of how much worse things might get than the rotten, tottering system he upholds.
Daenerys Goes to Washington: The Modern Politics of ‘Game of Thrones’|Jedediah Purdy|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a world screaming at us to lean in, we fearfully crave the experience of leaning out.
Dave Eggers, Arcade Fire and Other Hipsters Shun the Internet|James Poulos|September 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Equally inevitable, Israel is responding, fearfully, with bullets.
Israel: No Peace in Sight|Leslie H. Gelb|May 16, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Oh heavens, how beautiful it was—fearfully, awfully tragically beautiful!
The Woman Thou Gavest Me|Hall Caine

"None," she said—not defiantly, or ingratiatingly, or fearfully.
Miss Lulu Bett|Zona Gale
And oh, how fearfully confused were the visions of Mrs. Heartwell's restless sleep!
George Cruikshank's Omnibus|George Cruikshank
Whereat Huymonde was not too greatly or too fearfully moved.
In Kings' Byways|Stanley J. Weyman
You may know the wicked, on the other hand, by their extreme shyness; they crawl out slowly and fearfully; they hang back.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

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