fiercely
Syllables: fierce·lyUK/ˈfɪəsli//ˈfɪɹsli/
fiercely adverb: in a fierce manner.
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.
- 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...1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
- Extremely; to a large degree.
- fiercely competitive
- a fiercely loved woman
fiercely meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
fiercely in Hindi
- उग्रता से, उग्र रूप से
fiercely in Tamil
- குரூரமான, கொடூரமான, கடுமையாக
fiercely in Marathi
- उग्रपणे
fiercely in Telugu
- fiercely, violently
- మలమల malamala
More languagesFewer languages
- fiercely in Malayalam
- ഉഗ്രമായി
- fiercely in Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟನೆ
- fiercely in Gujarati
- ઉગ્રતાથી, ઉગ્રપણે, ઉગ્ર રીતે
- fiercely in Odia
- ଉଗ୍ର ଭାବେ, ପ୍ରଚଣ୍ଡ ଭାବେ
Examples of fiercely in a sentence
- a fiercely proud father
- fiercely disappointed
- fiercely independent
- 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.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
- He helped himself to a cigar and leaned back with a fiercely critical pair of eyes, taking note of the effect which this document would produce.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Because their daughter was fiercely independent and living on her own, they avoided calling that weekend.2026 July 16, Nicholas Muhoro, “Inside the 2004 Brianna Maitland Case: One of Vermont’s Most Haunting Mysteries”, in Skip Boring, archived...
Forms of fiercely
| comparative | fiercelier |
|---|---|
| comparative | more fiercely |
| superlative | fierceliest |
| superlative | most fiercely |
Origin of fiercely
From Middle English fersly; equivalent to fierce + -ly.
Questions about fiercely
- What does fiercely mean?
- Fiercely means in a fierce manner.
- What is fiercely in Hindi?
- Fiercely in Hindi is उग्रता से, उग्र रूप से. See Fiercely meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use fiercely in a sentence?
- a fiercely proud father
- What part of speech is fiercely?
- Fiercely is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce fiercely?
- Fiercely is pronounced /ˈfɪɹsli/ (US).
Words near fiercely in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fiercely (page history and authors); fiercely (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fiercely (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fiercely (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); మలమల (Telugu) (page history and authors); fiercely (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fiercely (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fiercely (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fiercely (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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