fiercely
Americanadverb
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in a menacing, violent, or forceful way.
The bear stood on his back paws, growling fiercely.
Currently, some 20 wildfires are raging fiercely through the state.
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in an eager or intense way.
Isaiah has developed into a fiercely competitive soccer player.
Other Word Forms
- overfiercely adverb
- unfiercely adverb
Etymology
Origin of fiercely
Example Sentences
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While the broader tech industry fiercely debates whether the future of AI lies in transformers, diffusion models, or newer concepts, PrismML’s mathematical framework can be applied to any of them, according to Hassibi.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
The Manchester City forward was given the opportunity to strike first in the fight for a fiercely competitive number 10 position as he started ahead of Chelsea's Cole Palmer.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
After the airstrikes that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian-Canadian Salar Gholami went to a rally in a Toronto suburb to celebrate the downfall of a leader he fiercely opposed.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
The banking industry has fiercely criticized the idea of a cap.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
She noted that the girls fought over the flag as fiercely as the boys did.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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