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English
Etymology
From Middle English fersly; equivalent to fierce + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
fiercely (comparative fiercelier or more fiercely, superlative fierceliest or most fiercely)
- In a fierce manner.
The wind blew fiercely and the rain fell heavily.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., , →OCLC:They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
- extremely; to a large degree
- fiercely competitive
- a fiercely loved woman
- a fiercely proud father
- fiercely disappointed
- fiercely loyal
- fiercely independent
2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:Tuchel made it three out of three against Guardiola by producing a fiercely disciplined, positive Chelsea performance that has brought a season that was shrouded in uncertainty to the most glorious conclusion.
Translations
in a fierce manner
- Catalan: feroçment (ca)
- Finnish: raivokkaasti (fi), hurjasti (fi), tulisesti, rajusti (fi)
- French: âprement (fr), farouchement (fr)
- Georgian: მძვინვარედ (mʒvinvared)
- German: heftig (de), wütend (de)
- Greek: αγρίως (el) (agríos), άγρια (el) (ágria)
- Hungarian: vadul (hu)
- Italian: trucemente (it), perfidamente (it), ferocemente (it), accanitamente (it), tenacemente (it)
- Latin: ferociter (la), atrociter
- Middle English: wode, fersly
- Polish: zawzięcie (pl), ostro (pl), gwałtownie (pl)
- Portuguese: ferozmente (pt)
- Russian: свире́по (ru) (svirépo), лю́то (ru) (ljúto), жесто́ко (ru) (žestóko), я́ростно (ru) (járostno), неи́стово (ru) (neístovo)
- Serbo-Croatian: жестоко, žestoko (sh)
- Spanish: fieramente (es)
- Ukrainian: лю́то (ljúto)
- West Frisian: fûl
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