fearsomely
1
7.5
- adverb
- /ˈfɪr.sə.mli/
:
temiblemente
- The ensemble is one of Chicago's most daring new music groups, and Dal Niente's players are fearsomely talented.
Examples
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In contrast, he referred to the "fearsomely high" costs of caciquismo (1975, 164), which he saw as the local component of national institutions.
Academic text (1996) -
The lion roared fearsomely, making everyone in the vicinity tremble with fear.
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In other places, a 13-year-old is a soldier, and a fearsomely good one to boot.
Blog text (18) -
It had begun to itch most fearsomely.
Fiction book (1999) -
The white hulk rumbled past, rocking the small car fearsomely.
Fiction book (1990) -
But our current fearsomely complex student debt management and collection system, as it has evolved over the last generation, makes no distinction between deadbeats paying back their loans and the much greater numbers of people who just don't have the money to do it.
Blog text (24) -
Armitage was fearsomely smart and impressive—far more impressive than I've ever seen Powell.
Blog text (24) -
It was possible to get a video link to one of the travel-and-tourism nets, but why would anyone do that when they could just walk around the corner onto Canyon Boulevard and talk to the fearsomely brisk and smiling young women at Canyon Travel?
Fiction book (2002) -
Twenty million deaths into Africa's AIDS catastrophe, the medical and public health literature remains curiously vague—even euphemistic—about exactly how HIV spread so fearsomely fast through the region.
Academic text (2002) -
She delivered her speech fearsomely, leaving the audience both impressed and intimidated.
Synonyms
30
6.8
In a strange and frightening way
14
5.4
In a way that makes people feel worried or afraid
12
6.9
In a way that shows something bad will happen
12
5.7
In a way that makes you feel scared
6
6.3
In a way that seems likely to hurt or scare someone
5
6.5
In a way that is very frightening or very strong to show how serious something is
4
4.9
In a way that makes someone feel afraid or uncomfortable
4
4.9
In a way that makes you feel afraid or very worried
3
6.3
In a way that makes you feel afraid or very uncomfortable
3
6.7
In a way that makes people feel very afraid or shocked
3
5.5
In a way that shows you might hurt or scare someone
1
7.0
In a very bad and unpleasant way
1
7.4
In a way that makes people feel fear or respect
1
7.0
In a strange, frightening way that feels like a ghost
1
7.5
It happens in a very unpleasant and frightening way
In a way that seems evil or threatening
Antonyms
How Frightening
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Fearsomely comes from the word fear and the ending -some, which means 'causing' or 'full of', as in awesome or troublesome. So to act fearsomely is to act in a way that 'causes fear' or is very intimidating.