fearsomely
adverb
fearsomely is an adverb meaning “In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-A-R-S-O-M-E-L-Y, and it appears about once in every 52 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fearsomely mean?
adverb
- 1
In a fearsome manner, or to a fearsome extent
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of fearsomely
- more fearsomely comparative
- most fearsomely superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fearsomely?
Fearsomely appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fearsomely in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in a fearsome manner:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | effroyablement, affreusement |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fearsomely come from?
From fearsome + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).