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FIERCELY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a physically fierce manner
Example:
they fought fiercely
Synonyms:
ferociously; fiercely
Classified under:
Pertainym:
fierce (marked by extreme and violent energy)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In an emotionally fierce manner
Example:
she was fiercely proud of her children
Classified under:
Pertainym:
fierce (marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid)
Context examples:
The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
He bristled fiercely and looked ominously across the shin-bone at White Fang.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
"I'd like to see anyone try it," cried Jo fiercely.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“If I would be spared!” returned the other fiercely; “what is there in common between US, do you think!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
And as for that monstrous animal with whom I was so lately engaged (it was indeed as large as an elephant), if my fears had suffered me to think so far as to make use of my hanger, (looking fiercely, and clapping my hand on the hilt, as I spoke) when he poked his paw into my chamber, perhaps I should have given him such a wound, as would have made him glad to withdraw it with more haste than he put it in.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
But Chanticleer was no coward, and returned the duck’s blows with his sharp spurs so fiercely that she soon began to cry out for mercy; which was only granted her upon condition that she would draw the carriage home for them.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
I could scarcely catch my breath, so fiercely was I impelled through the heavens.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The snow was now falling more heavily, and swirled about fiercely, for a high wind was beginning to blow.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
The woman attempted to speak, but Womble turned upon her fiercely. "You keep out of this," he cried.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
By the sound they must have been talking earnestly, and almost fiercely; but no distinct word came to my hearing.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
