Meaning

2 senses
  1. In a fierce manner.

    The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.

    heftig, wütend

    свире́поsvirépo, лю́тоljúto, жесто́коžestóko

    лю́тоljúto

    in a physically fierce manner

  2. Extremely; to a large degree.

    fiercely competitive

    a fiercely loved woman

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom is fiercely independent.

  2. Don't look so fiercely at me.

    ruНе смотри на меня так свирепо. — bavby

    deSchau mich nicht so finster an! — Tamy

  3. Sami's house was burning very fiercely.

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  4. Berbers were fiercely resistant foreign invasions.

  5. The house was burning pretty fiercely.

Translations

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Origin

From Middle English fersly; equivalent to fierce + -ly.

From Middle English fersly; equivalent to fierce + -ly.

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Forms

fiercelier/more fiercely, fierceliest/most fiercely
Comparativefiercelier / more fiercely Lesson
Superlativefierceliest / most fiercely

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedfierce

See also

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