fiercely

English

Etymology

fierce +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪɹsli/
• IPA^(key): /fɪəsli/

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• Hyphenation: fierce‧ly

Adverb

fiercely (comparative fiercelier or more fiercely, superlative fierceliest or most fiercely)

1. In a fierce manner.

   The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.

   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.

Translations

in a fierce manner

• Catalan: feroçment (ca)
• Finnish: raivokkaasti (fi), hurjasti (fi), tulisesti, rajusti (fi)
• French: âprement (fr), farouchement (fr)
• Georgian: მძვინვარედ (mʒvinvared)
• German: heftig (de), wütend (de)
• Greek: αγρίως (el) (agríos), άγρια (el) (ágria)
• Hungarian: vadul (hu)
• Italian: trucemente (it), perfidamente (it), ferocemente (it), accanitamente (it), tenacemente (it)
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• Latin: ferociter, atrociter
• Middle English: wode
• Polish: zawzięcie (pl), ostro (pl), gwałtownie (pl)
• Portuguese: ferozmente
• Russian: свире́по (ru) (svirépo), лю́то (ru) (ljúto), жесто́ко (ru) (žestóko), я́ростно (ru) (járostno), неи́стово (ru) (neístovo)
• Serbo-Croatian: жестоко, žestoko (sh)
• Spanish: fieramente (es)
• West Frisian: fûl