Meaning & use
Fearfully
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In a manner showing fear or anxiety, or, informally, to an extreme or intense degree.
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The child looked fearfully at the thunderclouds gathering overhead.
It was fearfully cold on the mountain that night.
A note on using this word
As an intensifier meaning 'extremely,' as in 'fearfully expensive,' the usage is now somewhat old-fashioned.
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anxiouslyterribly
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