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Webster 1913 Edition
Fearfully
Fear′ful-ly
,adv.
In a fearful manner.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fearfully
FE'ARFULLY
,adv.
1.
Timorously; in fear.In such a night did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew.
2.
Terribly; dreadfully; in a manner to impress terror.There is a cliff, whose high and bending head looks fearfully on the confined deep.
3.
In a manner to impress admiration and astonishment.I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Ps. 139.
Definition 2024
fearfully
fearfully
English
Adverb
fearfully (comparative more fearfully, superlative most fearfully)
- In a fearful manner; characterized by fear.
- I stepped fearfully into the pitch-dark cave.
- (Britain, dated) very; very much.
- He's a fearfully good striker.
- 1884, Saddlers, Harness Makers, and Carriage Builders' Gazette, London: John Kemp, 1 November, 1884, Vol. XIV, pp. 155-6,
- Remember, when a horse is on its side the kicking-strap is useless, and the breechen nearly so, to prevent the swing of its hind legs; your aim is to get it away from the steps or wheel-plate of the trap, which, in its struggles, may cut its legs fearfully.