fearfully
8
3.4
- adverb
- /ˈfɪr.fəl.i/
:
temerosamente
- Holly stiffened and looked around fearfully, as if she expected the lavatory walls to crumple in on them.
Examples
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TIPTREE eyes them fearfully and picks up his pace, hastening down the tunnel.
Fiction book (1992) -
"Bad Belly opened his eyes and looked fearfully up into the crystal night sky.
Fiction book (1992) -
I watched my father and mother just looking at each other, looking fearfully.
Fiction book (1993) -
A few touched the stone base fearfully as if scared of being shocked.
Fiction book (1991) -
"I was ..." Mont began, looking fearfully down the street.
Fiction book (1992) -
"You think that has some bearing on the subject?" Wetting her lips fearfully, she said, "Yes."
Fiction book (1990) -
The little kid is peeking fearfully from the kitchen doorway.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Oh, Robert," she whispered fearfully, her hands now flapping in panic.
Fiction book (1996) -
A terror so indelibly imprinted that today, thirty years later, people still speak of it fearfully.
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She walked fearfully into the dark room, her heart racing with anxiety.
Synonyms
87
2.3
Shows worry or fear in the way someone acts
2
6.0
In a worried way because you think something bad may happen
1
8.4
In a very frightened way that shows no courage
1
5.8
In a way that shows shaking from fear, cold, or weakness
In a way that shows fear, for example by looking worried or speaking softly
To do something in a nervous or afraid way
In a nervous way that shows fear or hesitation
Antonyms
How Fearful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fearfully is built from fear + -ful + -ly, and fear comes from an old English word meaning 'danger' or 'terror'. So fearfully means 'in a way full of fear', which is why we use it to say someone does something while afraid.