ˈfearfully

/ ˈfɪəfʊlɪ /

adverb

1. in a fearful manner
2. (intensifier)

   you're fearfully kind

Example Sentences

Venn described the event as “fearfully hard work, both physical and mental.”

From Salon

Jack glanced around fearfully and swallowed hard.

From Literature

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

Some described hearing gunshots ring out as they huddled fearfully in back rooms.

From New York Times

Fearfully sticking to rules may give the appearance of avoiding problems but only ends up hurting the service that the Vatican Curia is called to give the church, he said.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• nervously
• timidly