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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ˈfearfully /ˈfɪəfʊlɪ/ adv - in a fearful manner
- (intensifier): you're fearfully kind
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fear•ful /ˈfɪrfəl/USA pronunciation adj. - causing fear;
frightening:fearful apparitions. - feeling fear, dread, or apprehension;
anxious:I was fearful about the exam. - extreme in size, intensity, or badness:[before a noun]a fearful blizzard.
fear•ful•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fear•ful (fēr′fəl),USA pronunciation adj. - causing or apt to cause fear;
frightening:a fearful apparition. - feeling fear, dread, apprehension, or solicitude:fearful for his life; fearful lest he commit suicide.
- full of awe or reverence:fearful of the Lord.
- showing or caused by fear:fearful behavior.
- extreme in size, intensity, or badness:a fearful head cold; fearful poverty.
- Middle English ferful. See fear, -ful 1300–50
fear′ful•ly, adv. fear′ful•ness, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged afraid, timid, timorous, apprehensive, uneasy, distrustful; solicitous, anxious, concerned, worried.
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