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fearfully



ADVERB
very much
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Tanned and relatively relaxed from their vacations in Turkey, they spoke fearfully of what they would find upon returning home.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 2026

Railing about powerlessness is a luxury we might want to save for the moment—should it ever fearfully arrive—in which we have truly got no power left to assert.

From Slate Jul. 21, 2025

"Are you from ICE?" one of the women, a farm worker in a hat and purple bandana, asks us fearfully.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2025

Who were those girls, the white child fearfully asks.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2023

His father looked around fearfully, although he and Ugwu were alone.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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