Synonyms for fearfully
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : feer-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪər fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for fearfully
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
- "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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