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fearfully

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fear·ful  (fîrfl)
adj.
1. Causing or capable of causing fear; frightening: a fearful howling.
2. Experiencing fear; frightened. See Synonyms at afraid.
3. Feeling or inclined to feel anxiety or apprehension; timid; nervous.
4. Indicating anxiety, fear, or terror: a fearful, nervous glance.
5. Feeling reverence, dread, or awe.
6. Extreme, as in degree or extent; dreadful: a fearful blunder; fearful poverty.

fearful·ly adv.
fearful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.fearfully - in fear, "she hurried down the stairs fearfully"
dauntlessly, fearlessly, intrepidly - without fear; "fearlessly, he led the troops into combat"
2.fearfully - in an alarming manner; "they were fearfully attacked"

fearfully
adverb 1. nervously, uneasily, timidly, apprehensively, diffidently, in fear and trembling, timorously, with bated breath, with many misgivings or forebodings, with your heart in your mouth
Translations
Spanish fearfully [ˈfɪəfulɪ] adv (= timidly) → con miedo;
(col) (= very); terriblemente

French fearfully [ˈfɪəfəlɪ] adv (= timidly) → craintivement;
(inf) (= very); affreusement

German fearfully [ˈfɪəfəlɪ] fear advängstlich;
(inf) (very) → furchtbar, schrecklich

Italian fearfully [ˈfɪəfəlɪ] adv (= timidly) → timorosamente;
(col) (= very); terribilmente, spaventosamente

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The Wolf, being thus fearfully mauled, said, "I am rightly served, for why did I attempt the art of healing, when my father only taught me the trade of a butcher?
But Athena sprang quickly from the immortal head and stood before Zeus who holds the aegis, shaking a sharp spear: great Olympus began to reel horribly at the might of the bright-eyed goddess, and earth round about cried fearfully, and the sea was moved and tossed with dark waves, while foam burst forth suddenly: the bright Son of Hyperion stopped his swift-footed horses a long while, until the maiden Pallas Athene had stripped the heavenly armour from her immortal shoulders.
At last the boat came alongside the ship, and now the Queen saw that it was a stone boat, out of which there came up on board the ship a fearfully ugly Witch.
 
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