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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Tanned and relatively relaxed from their vacations in Turkey, they spoke fearfully of what they would find upon returning home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 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
Who were those girls, the white child fearfully asks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
Some glanced fearfully over their shoulders; others touched their clan-creature skins, or made the sign of the hand to ward off evil.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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