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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That night, the Teesta was flowing so fiercely that it pushed the other river back and sent it into the town.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The Neo was met with widespread enthusiasm and is expected to compete fiercely with Windows laptops and Chromebooks.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

After the airstrikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian-Canadian Salar Gholami went to a rally in a Toronto suburb to celebrate the downfall of a leader he fiercely opposed.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The streaming giant’s need for original content is one of the main reasons Netflix fought fiercely to acquire Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

She felt fiercely that she had to make up for her father’s criminal disloyalty, if it had existed, whatever it might have been.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

fiercely

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