fearsomely

1. 1.

   in a fearsome manner

   “a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions”

Questions about fearsomely

What does fearsomely mean?

fearsomely means "in a fearsome manner".

How many syllables are in fearsomely?

fearsomely has 5 syllables and divides as fe-ar-so-me-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is fearsomely a common word?

fearsomely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.