furiously

[ fyoor-ee-uhs-lee ]

adverb

1. 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.

2. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of furiously¹

furious ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

For any car fans in your life who have been cooped up indoors for months, here are some fun holiday gifts to satisfy their fast-and-furious fantasies.

From Washington Blade

How that’s done has been largely up to state officials, and the most furious fighting over it is happening in state capitols and courts.

From Washington Post

After the test, her associate professor fired off a furious email ripping into her class for some “negative behavior” the software had flagged.

From Washington Post

Spears gossip coverage became even more pantingly furious as her appearance changed.

From Vox

Emily is furious with Lorelai, and Lorelai is furious with Rory.

From Vox

The pale, baby-faced, red-cheeked rapper is furiously puffing away at a hastily-made blunt crammed with low-grade weed.

From The Daily Beast

The regime reacted furiously, sentencing him to over eight years in prison.

From The Daily Beast

Your Advanced Combat Helmet weighs seven pounds and the back pads press furiously into the corners of your skull.

From The Daily Beast

It will go down as the only movie ever, probably, that features Josh Brolin furiously licking your armpit.

From The Daily Beast

He becomes angry, intransigent, furiously scribbling notes; Chaz meets determination with determination.

From The Daily Beast

Miss Christabel blushed furiously and emitted a sound half between a laugh and a scream.

From Project Gutenberg

Passing a bungalow that was blazing furiously, he saw in the compound the corpses of two women.

From Project Gutenberg

Augustus Theodore did not, in consequence of his father's absence, draw less furiously upon the bank!

From Project Gutenberg

There could be no doubting the errand that brought a cavalcade thus furiously from the direction of Lucknow.

From Project Gutenberg

He stood on the tiger-skin rug before the fender, watching his cousin and smoking furiously.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• energetically
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• frantically
• heatedly
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• indignantly
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• madly
• quickly
• savagely
• strongly
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• wildly