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Definition of fiercely in English:

fiercely

adverb ˈfɪəsliˈfɪrsli
  • 1In a savagely violent or aggressive manner.

    the army clashed fiercely with militants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They drew brightly decorated swords from the sheaths, and fiercely struck the Assyrian warriors, those intent on aggression.
    • He had been kicked and punched fiercely but hadn't fought back, hadn't even tried.
    • As if they were in grade school again, they rolled over one another, fiercely hitting whenever and wherever they could.
    • All our citizens, especially young people, will fiercely oppose anyone who tries to attack.
    • The Romans dithered and competed for the honor of victory, while the people of Carthage fought fiercely, knowing their fate.
    • The commanders fight fiercely and win the day against the traitorous forces.
    • With Zeus turned away from the battle, Poseidon inspires Ajax and Idomeneus to fight more fiercely.
    • The hunter leaped up in the air, fiercely kicked at her head, and tackled her before she could even drop to the floor.
    • They reached the ravine and fiercely laid siege to the strong defenses made there in the last attempt to stop them.
    • She continued to twist and fight fiercely against her bonds, but they grew even tighter.
    1. 1.1 In a powerful and destructive manner.
      the wind was blowing fiercely
      the fire was already burning fiercely
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He has a couple of ex-con punks working for him in all kinds of criminal activity, and it is they who spark the flames that burn so fiercely.
      • The tale informs us that the sun, one day, burned so fiercely as to cause great distress.
      • There were all sorts of problems that came from people having rather weak identities that were being fiercely buffeted by their social circumstances.
      • When the sun beat down too fiercely, she would take me to the funerary temple of the great Queen Hatshepsut.
      • A fiercely bright light awoke me form my coma.
      • Enemy planes make attacks on port, scoring a direct hit on a supply ship that blazes fiercely till next morning, when it is sunk by a British salvo.
      • The heartless wife suggested that she should make her husband's bath so fiercely hot that he would not survive after entering it.
      • The rain beat against the frosted window while the wind howled fiercely.
      • And we kept looking out and noticing that the waves were getting bigger and the wind was blowing more fiercely.
      • The recycling bins for paper and cardboard burned easily and fiercely.
    2. 1.2 With a heartfelt and powerful intensity.
      campaigners have fiercely opposed the proposals
      as submodifier they are fiercely independent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An exciting and charismatic figure, Harry chooses his friends carefully and is fiercely loyal to the end.
      • "Universities are competing more fiercely for students, especially for those who'll live on campus," he says.
      • My objection to his reading is that it is too fiercely moralistic and diminishes Shakespeare's spirit of intellectual inquiry.
      • But the more they deny their passion, the more fiercely it burns.
      • While their fiercely offbeat sounds may initially dissuade, a bit of perseverance can reap immense rewards.
      • The film's use of music is as fiercely original as its camerawork.
      • The dominant ideology remained fiercely scientific, the battle against the bugs being the front line.
      • The still center of the action is Andromache, grieving for the dead Hector and fiercely protective of her young son.
      • He is a farmer, fiercely loyal to the land that provides his livelihood.
      • He is fiercely protective of his home, a haven amidst the chaos.

Definition of fiercely in US English:

fiercely

adverbˈfɪrsliˈfirslē
  • 1In a savagely violent or aggressive manner.

    the army clashed fiercely with militants
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As if they were in grade school again, they rolled over one another, fiercely hitting whenever and wherever they could.
    • With Zeus turned away from the battle, Poseidon inspires Ajax and Idomeneus to fight more fiercely.
    • The commanders fight fiercely and win the day against the traitorous forces.
    • He had been kicked and punched fiercely but hadn't fought back, hadn't even tried.
    • She continued to twist and fight fiercely against her bonds, but they grew even tighter.
    • All our citizens, especially young people, will fiercely oppose anyone who tries to attack.
    • The hunter leaped up in the air, fiercely kicked at her head, and tackled her before she could even drop to the floor.
    • The Romans dithered and competed for the honor of victory, while the people of Carthage fought fiercely, knowing their fate.
    • They reached the ravine and fiercely laid siege to the strong defenses made there in the last attempt to stop them.
    • They drew brightly decorated swords from the sheaths, and fiercely struck the Assyrian warriors, those intent on aggression.
    1. 1.1 In a powerful and destructive manner.
      the wind was blowing fiercely
      the fire was already burning fiercely
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The heartless wife suggested that she should make her husband's bath so fiercely hot that he would not survive after entering it.
      • The recycling bins for paper and cardboard burned easily and fiercely.
      • A fiercely bright light awoke me form my coma.
      • The rain beat against the frosted window while the wind howled fiercely.
      • He has a couple of ex-con punks working for him in all kinds of criminal activity, and it is they who spark the flames that burn so fiercely.
      • Enemy planes make attacks on port, scoring a direct hit on a supply ship that blazes fiercely till next morning, when it is sunk by a British salvo.
      • There were all sorts of problems that came from people having rather weak identities that were being fiercely buffeted by their social circumstances.
      • The tale informs us that the sun, one day, burned so fiercely as to cause great distress.
      • When the sun beat down too fiercely, she would take me to the funerary temple of the great Queen Hatshepsut.
      • And we kept looking out and noticing that the waves were getting bigger and the wind was blowing more fiercely.
    2. 1.2 With a heartfelt and powerful intensity.
      campaigners have fiercely opposed the proposals
      as submodifier they are fiercely independent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • While their fiercely offbeat sounds may initially dissuade, a bit of perseverance can reap immense rewards.
      • An exciting and charismatic figure, Harry chooses his friends carefully and is fiercely loyal to the end.
      • My objection to his reading is that it is too fiercely moralistic and diminishes Shakespeare's spirit of intellectual inquiry.
      • The still center of the action is Andromache, grieving for the dead Hector and fiercely protective of her young son.
      • The film's use of music is as fiercely original as its camerawork.
      • The dominant ideology remained fiercely scientific, the battle against the bugs being the front line.
      • "Universities are competing more fiercely for students, especially for those who'll live on campus," he says.
      • He is a farmer, fiercely loyal to the land that provides his livelihood.
      • But the more they deny their passion, the more fiercely it burns.
      • He is fiercely protective of his home, a haven amidst the chaos.
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