fearfully
意味一覧 (2件)
恐る恐る
解説 Definition
恐怖や不安を感じながら、おそるおそる何かをする様子。
Fearfully means in a frightened, nervous, or worried way. It describes how someone does something when they are afraid or expecting something bad to happen.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fearfully は fear, fearful に続く語で、-ly によって「恐れている様子で」という副詞になります。look fearfully, ask fearfully, open the door fearfully のように、見る・尋ねる・開けるなどの動作に添えて「不安そうに、恐る恐る」と読むのが手がかりです。行動する人や動物の心の中に恐れがあり、その緊張が動作ににじむ場面で使います。
Start with the word family: fear, fearful, then fearfully. The ending -ly turns the adjective into an adverb, so think in a fearful way. It often goes with actions such as look fearfully, ask fearfully, or step fearfully into a room.
例文
The child fearfully peered around the corner into the dark hallway.
子供は恐る恐る角から暗い廊下を覗き込んだ。
She fearfully opened the letter, dreading the test results inside.
彼女は中の検査結果を恐れながら、恐る恐る手紙を開けた。
The hikers fearfully crossed the narrow bridge suspended over the gorge.
ハイカーたちは峡谷の上に架かる狭い橋を恐る恐る渡った。
ひどく
(意味 2)解説 Definition
fearfully は形容詞や副詞を強めて「ひどく、とても」という意味を表す副詞です。寒さ・忙しさ・値段・疲労など、程度が大きいことをやや古風・書き言葉寄りに述べるときに使います。恐れて行動する意味ではありません。
Fearfully can be used as an adverb to mean very or extremely, especially before adjectives and adverbs. It often describes a high degree of something such as cold, busyness, cost, or tiredness. In this meaning, it does not mean in a frightened way. The word sounds a little old-fashioned and is more common in careful or written style than in everyday casual speech.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
fearfully は fear「恐れ」からできていますが、この義では「恐れて」ではなく、感情の強さから広がった程度副詞として覚えるとよいです。形容詞の前で fearfully cold, fearfully expensive, fearfully tired のように置き、very や extremely より少し古風・書き言葉寄りに響きます。同じ語に「恐る恐る」という別義もあるので、後ろに動作動詞が来るか、形容詞を強めているかで見分けます。
Although fearfully comes from fear, do not always read it as in a frightened way. In this sense, remember it as a degree adverb meaning very or extremely, as in fearfully cold, fearfully expensive, or fearfully tired. It sounds a little more old-fashioned and literary than very. To tell the meanings apart, check whether it modifies an adjective or adverb, or describes the way someone acts.
例文
It was fearfully cold when we left the house at dawn.
夜明けに家を出たとき、ひどく寒かった。
She has been fearfully busy all week and barely had time to eat lunch.
彼女は一週間ずっとひどく忙しく、昼食をとる時間もほとんどなかった。
The hotel was fearfully expensive, but the view from the room was stunning.
そのホテルはひどく高かったが、部屋からの眺めは見事だった。
fearfully の語源・成り立ち Etymology
fearfully は fear + -ful + -ly から成り、fear は古英語 fǣr（突然の危険、災い）に由来します。-ful は“満ちた”、-ly は副詞語尾なので、“恐れでいっぱいに”から“恐る恐る”の意味になり、関連語に fearful と fearless があります。
Fearfully is built from fear, -ful, and -ly. Fear comes from Old English faer, which referred to sudden danger or disaster. The added endings first gave the sense of being full of fear, and then of acting in that way. Related words include fearful and fearless.
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