dreadingly

With dread.

Adverb

  1. With dread.
    • Miſtruſtfully he truſteth, and he dreadingly did dare, / And fortie paſſions in a trice in him conſort and ſquare. - 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XXXIII.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of...

Origin

From dreading + -ly.

Forms

more dreadingly most dreadingly