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Synonyms for fearfully


Grammar : Adv
Spell : feer-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪər fəl

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Définition of fearfully

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "causing fear," from fear + -ful. Meaning "full of fear, timid" (now less common) also is from mid-14c. As a mere emphatic, from 1630s. Related: Fearfully; fearfulness.
  • adv in fear
  • adv very much
Example sentences :
  • "It's fearfully hard work, of course," he commented, when she had finished.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • They were fearfully bad, and my face must have shown the impression they made.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
  • All too fearfully I divined their preposterous significance.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Yea, he would curse them bitterly, and swore most fearfully what he would do to them when he found them.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan » by James Anthony Froude
  • Reluctantly, fearfully, distrustfully, Glory paid her guinea and left her address.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • I was afraid of the storm, and yet I was fearfully, frightfully glad of it.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • I called Father Dan's attention to this, and in a moment he was fearfully excited.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
  • He glanced reproachfully at Grace, then fearfully at his sister.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "Tell me more precisely what you mean," I begged her, for her words had moved me fearfully.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • She looked up at him fearfully, yet with flutterings of hope.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini

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