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
And those people tend to be, on average, more content and happier than ever being fearfully enclosed, always worrying about the next thing.
From Salon • Apr. 21, 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
The next afternoon, Berman fearfully entered the downtown police headquarters, dubbed the Glass House for its gleaming facade.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023
Colonel Cathcart cantered fearfully along behind, glancing anxiously about in vain for some sign of help from Colonel Korn.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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