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English
Etymology
From feverish + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
feverishly (comparative more feverishly, superlative most feverishly)
- With excitement and determination.
- With speed; rapidly.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I:In the outer room the two women knitted black wool feverishly.
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 80:With nothing else to do, he carried the candle to the front room and began feverishly filling his pipe.
Synonyms
Translations
with excitement and determination