fiercely

[feers-lee]

adverb

1. in a menacing, violent, or forceful way.

   The bear stood on his back paws, growling fiercely.

   Currently, some 20 wildfires are raging fiercely through the state.

2. in an eager or intense way.

   Isaiah has developed into a fiercely competitive soccer player.

Other Word Forms

• overfiercely adverb
• unfiercely adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of fiercely¹

fierce ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

They said he was "fiercely proud of his Welsh roots", a fluent Welsh speaker alongside his siblings and a regular attendee of the Eisteddfod.

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The proposal had been fiercely opposed by top eel consumers, particularly Japan, but also failed to win backing from countries worried about new trade regulations.

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Ella is fiercely committed to her job, burrowing into the minutiae of legislation to become deeply connected to it emotionally.

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But the proposal is fiercely opposed by Japan, which consumes large quantities of eel and has launched a concerted lobbying effort to ensure the amendment fails.

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Mr. Eyman touches on a great sadness here, that of a lifelong insecurity that made a fiercely intelligent woman hide within a statue of her own making.

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