furiously
Americanadverb
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with extreme anger, violent passion, or rage.
Watching furiously as his treasure was rowed out to a waiting ship, the fuming magician vowed revenge.
My mother reacted angrily, furiously berating me for my bad behavior.
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with unrestrained energy.
Out of a clear sky came a roaring wind as loud as thunder, and truckloads of hail were furiously thrown to earth.
Etymology
Origin of furiously
Example Sentences
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Somaliland's president called the development "a historic moment", but Somalia furiously rejected Israel's move as an attack on its sovereignty.
From BBC
As the British Museum prepares to put the Bayeux Tapestry on display in London next September, the Cambridgeshire-based artist is furiously working away on her own full-size replica.
From BBC
This is what I call my furiously fast fragrance.
Commenters estranged from their parents furiously told her what they thought she’d done wrong—perhaps because they couldn’t, or wouldn’t, tell their own parents.
Soutine’s working habits were idiosyncratic: He painted furiously but only when inspiration struck.
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