fearfully

comparative more fearfully · superlative most fearfully

1. In a fearful manner; characterized by fear.

   I stepped fearfully into the pitch-dark cave.

2. UKdatedvery; very much.

   He's a fearfully good striker.

   1 more example

   Remember, when a horse is on its side the kicking-strap is useless, and the breechen nearly so, to prevent the swing of its hind legs; your aim is to get it away from the steps or wheel-plate of the trap, which, in its struggles, may cut its legs fearfully.

   1 November 1884, John Kemp, Saddlers, Harness Makers, and Carriage Builders' Gazette, volume XIV, London, pages 155–6