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fearingly

fearingly adverb: with fear; fearfully.

Adverb

fearingly (comparative more fearingly, superlative most fearingly)

  1. With fear; fearfully.
    • […] he fearingly and cautiously struggles to set his feet in the right way.1840, The Gospel magazine, and theological review (series 5, volume 3, page 413)

Forms of fearingly

comparativemore fearingly
superlativemost fearingly

Origin of fearingly

From fearing + -ly.

Questions about fearingly

What does fearingly mean?
Fearingly means with fear; fearfully.
What part of speech is fearingly?
Fearingly is an adverb.

Words near fearingly in the dictionary

  1. fearfully
  2. fearfulness
  3. fearfulnesses
  4. fearin'
  5. fearing
  6. fearingly
  7. Fearings
  8. fearless
  9. fearlessly
  10. fearlessness
  11. fearlessnesses

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