Ferociously
adv
adv ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
"Challenger snorted ferociously as he looked at it, and his thick black hair seemed to bristle up in his wrath."
- 2 Intensely or extremely.
"To get a Times review, a gay book generally must be by a well-known writer preferably not performing at his best, or be so ferociously learned, like John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, that the Times would lose intellectual credibility by not noticing it."
Adverb
- 1 in a physically fierce manner wordnet
Example
More examples"I ferociously smashed my phone on the floor."
Etymology
From ferocious + -ly.
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