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Adverb: fearfully  fir-ful-lee [N. Amer], fi-u-ful-lee [Brit]
  1. In fear
    "she hurried down the stairs fearfully"
     
  2. In an alarming manner
    "they were fearfully attacked"

See also: awful, fearful

Antonym: fearlessly