Definitions

fiercely

[feers-lee] / ˈfɪərs li /

ADVERB

violently, menacingly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angrily boldly brutally ferociously forcefully frantically furiously madly mightily passionately savagely severely vehemently viciously wildly

WEAK

awfully forcibly frenziedly frighteningly hard horribly impetuously in a frenzy irresistibly like cats and dogs maleficiently malevolently malignly monstrous no holds barred riotously roughly stormily tempestuously terribly threateningly tigerishly tooth and nail turbulently uncontrollably venomously with bared teeth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly gently

WEAK

kindly mildly quietly tamely

Example Sentences

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The high-profile flights come at a time when private space companies are fiercely competing for dominance in space tourism.

From BBC

“Hold the ones you have tightly and love them fiercely.”

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Hnath is one of the most fiercely imaginative American playwrights at work today.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dependent on the kindness of near strangers yet fiercely autonomous, Anna has survived too much to give up now.

From Los Angeles Times

He is inexpressibly affecting in depicting how desperately happy Chris is to be reunited with Anna, to whom he takes a fiercely protective attitude, out of both love and remorse.

From The Wall Street Journal

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