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fearfully - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fearfully' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fearfully [ adv.]
- In a fearful manner.

Meaning of 'fearfully' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fearfully [ r]
Meaning (1):
- in an alarming manner
Example in sentence:
  • It grew alarmingly fast;
  • the disturbing thing about the Minister's behavior is that far from being artificial, it too often rings frighteningly true;
  • they were fearfully attacked
Meaning (2):
- in fear
Example in sentence:
  • she hurried down the stairs fearfully