fiercely
IPA: fˈɪrsɫi
adverb
- In a fierce manner.
- extremely; to a large degree
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Examples of "fiercely" in Sentences
- He gathered me into his arms and whispered my name fiercely.
- States rights and state authority have been fought over fiercely from the founding of the country.
- [LORETTA breaks down into violent weeping.] [NED paces grimly up and down, now and again fiercely twisting his moustache.]
- Then she remembered that an old nurse from the village watched with him, and she called fiercely on her name, but with no response.
- The President of the United States, they say, has avowed it to be his purpose to inaugurate a servile war in their country, and they call fiercely for retaliation.
- There is also self-generated stress in people with type A behavior, which is characterized by a fiercely competitive spirit and unrealistic self-imposed expectations.
- Premier Stephen Harper gave support on Tuesday to claims that the 1915 killings by Ottoman Turks amounted to genocide, the source said, a term fiercely rejected by Ankara, which says many were killed on both sides.
- While such a sophisticated politician was well aware of the pitfalls involved in fiercely defending his policies and sticking unswervingly to his principles, with hindsight this decision can be seen as fatally flawed.
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