formidablyadv.
/ˈfɔːmᵻdəbli/, /fəˈmɪdəbli/, /fɔːˈmɪdəbli/, U.S. /ˈfɔrmədəbli/, /fərˈmɪdəbli/, /fɔrˈmɪdəbli/ In a formidable manner.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adverb] > in a formidable manner
formidably1685
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of terribleness > [adverb]
dreadlyc1175
eislichec1175
grimlyc1175
ungainlya1200
awly?c1225
grurefulliche?c1225
fiendlyc1275
dreadfullya1400
felly?c1400
awfully1487
terrible1490
terriblya1500
fearingly1556
direly1610
dismally1653
dreadful1682
formidably1685
terrifyingly1767
direfully1775
terrifically1778
terrificly1791
appallingly1825
turble1893
1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis xviii. 25 The British Cannon formidably roars.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 54 His fourfold Helm..With nodding Horse-hair formidably grac'd.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 237 She was so formidably manned that all attempts to board her failed.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiv. 254 England lay formidably open to attack.
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