Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FEAR-FUL-LY, adv.

1. Timorously; in fear. In such a night / Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew. Shak.
2. Terribly; dreadfully; in a manner to impress tenor. There is a cliff, whose high and bending head / Looks fearfully on the confined deep. Shak.
3. In a manner to impress admiration and astonishment. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Ps. cxxxix.