furiously

Adverb

furiously (comparative more furiously, superlative most furiously)

1. In a furious manner; angrily.
   • He glared furiously at the offender.
   • Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.2019 March 11, Josh Hafner, “All hipsters look alike? Man claims article's 'hipster' photo is him, only to be mistaken”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2024
2. Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.
   • He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline.
   • Again we set to and bailed furiously. Fortunately the storm had now quite gone by[.]1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
3. Intensely, as with embarrassment.
   • Craig, who at twenty was taller than his father, blushed furiously as he practically threw two small boxes on the table in front of the twins. “Happy birthday”, he managed.2004, Clara Mille, Under The Southern Cross, page 86