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Definition of Fiercely
1. Adverb. In a physically fierce manner. "They fought fiercely"
2. Adverb. In an emotionally fierce manner. "She was fiercely proud of her children"
Definition of Fiercely
1. Adverb. in a fierce manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fiercely
1. fierce [adv] - See also: fierce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fiercely
Literary usage of Fiercely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"For fiercely, as though boding to their men An utter ruin else, they waged the
fight 460 On the right wing aloof; so Nestor bade, Their father, ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"On the 12th they met on foot with axes, and fought so fiercely that the king,
seeing that Scales was getting the better of hie antagonist cried ' Whoo ! ..."
3. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1867)
"Не found Carr still fiercely fighting, having received three or four shots, one
of which inflicted a severe wound. Many of his field officers liad fallen, ..."
4. Lives of the Queens of England: from the Norman conquest by Agnes Strickland (1848)
"... and he fiercely pursued the suit that had been commenced during Katharine's
life, for the restoration of the jewels and " stuff" which had been detained ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"... to dawn again upon Patie Rintoul. the delirium of brain fever, raving fiercely
in the unknown tongue, ..."
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