† eyefullyadv.
Obsolete.
In a manner that arouses or inspires awe or dread. Cf. awfully adv. 1a, 1b.
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OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) vi. 226 Se ylca hælend..nu egefullice & halwendlice clypað on his godspelle: buton gehwa beo geedcenned of wætere & of þam halgan gaste, ne mæg he faran into heofenan rice.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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adv.OE- to scare a person blue
- to scare a person rigid
- to scare a person silly
- to scare a person stupid
- to scare out
- to scare out of one's senses
- to scare seven bells out of a person
- to scare someone's daylights out
- to scare the daylight out of
- to scare the daylights out of
- to scare the lights out of
- to scare the lights out of a person
- to scare the lights out of a thing
- to scare the liver and lights out of
- to scare the liver and lights out of a person
- to scare the liver and lights out of a thing
- to scare the living daylight out of
- to scare the living daylights out of
- to scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of
- to scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a person
- to scare the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- to scare the pants off
- to scare the pants off a person
- to scare up
- to scare — bells out of