fearfully

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FE'ARFULLY, adverb 1. Timorously; in fear. In such a night did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew. 2. Terribly; dreadfully; in a manner to impress terror. There is a cliff, whose high and bending head looks fearfully on the confined deep. 3. In a manner to impress admiration and astonishment. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Psalms 139:14.
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