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# fearfully

«fearfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a frightened or worried way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a frightened or worried way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#m1)

2) (old-fashioned, UK) Very or extremely: «fearfully clever». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#m2)

3) In a way that is frightening to see. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows how a character acts when scared: «she looked fearfully at the door». In old-fashioned British talk it can simply mean «very». Phrases: look fearfully, whisper fearfully, fearfully sorry.

### examples

- The kitten peeped fearfully out from under the bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x1)
- He whispered fearfully, «Did you hear that noise?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x2)
- The children looked fearfully at the dark cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x3)
- She stepped fearfully onto the wobbly bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x4)
- I'm fearfully sorry for being late, said the old gentleman. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x5)
- The little boy held his mother's hand fearfully during the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x6)
- His jaws were open, his tongue hung from his mouth, and his eyes glared fearfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/#x7)

### note

Adjective: fearful (afraid, or causing fear). Similar: nervously, anxiously. Opposite: bravely, boldly, fearlessly. The «very» sense sounds old-fashioned and posh.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fearfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fearfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.