FEVERISHLY Synonyms: 119 Similar and Opposite Words

feverishly

adverb

as in desperately

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Recent Examples of feverishly Morant, lost in his first Dame Time experience, hopped around the court tapping his wrist feverishly. — Jason Quick, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 Amid that scrutiny, Hughes worked feverishly to demonstrate that his plane was viable and that the government’s money had not been wasted. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Oct. 2026 Recently, a video of Rider and Philo literally in conversation at the LVMH Prize in September, captured by Loïc Pringet, was met with excitement and feverishly passed around in fashion circles. — Joan Kennedy, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 Both the United States and China are feverishly debating the correct balance of AI regulation and technological advancement, and each side has distinct advantages in the race. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026 The Lions don't have the kind of offensive-line depth to replace two starters, especially on a short week, so the training staff will be working feverishly to get Mahogany and Miller ready for the Bills. — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2026 Teams feverishly shifted their rosters for a chance at the next title run, a shot at the Knicks’ throne. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026 General manager Julien BriseBois was feverishly trying to improve the roster for next season and beyond. — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026 While Page Six reported that Jenner and Elordi have been trying to keep a low profile, gossip and entertainment outlets have managed to feverishly report on some of their outings and romantic getaways. — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 9 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for feverishly

Adverb

Cohen insists the joke was always on Ali G, not the Black culture the character was so desperately trying to emulate.

— Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
Fielder played up a version of himself on the show, acting as a dumbly ambitious business school graduate, socially inept and desperately seeking connection.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of desperately

Adverb

Further in the back, though, cheerful yellow walls surround a takeout counter where staff busily pack up orders of Laotian food for delivery and walk-in customers.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Alabama has been busily demonstrating that the reverse is true, following a string of hideous botched lethal injection executions with a series of no less gruesome executions with nitrogen suffocation.

— Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of busily

Adverb

Lawson was then seen frantically messing with the right side of his pants and holding a dark object in his right hand, police said.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026
As all of this was playing out, hardcore Dylan fans were frantically trying to figure out who was playing guitar on the far side of the stage.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of frantically

Adverb

The United States has put up its own military effort to secure Gulf waterways focused on escorting vessels through Omani waters and actively defending commercial shippers from daily Iranian attacks.

— Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
Instead of planting for curb appeal alone, homeowners are layering in rustling grasses, fragrant herbs, water features and wildlife habitats so the space actively regulates mood and stress.

— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of actively

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So, in recognition of the country's semiquincentennial, here's a proudly Memphicentric and crazily ambitious if inevitably incomplete list of 250 — count 'em, *250* — Memphis artists and entertainers.

— John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Aug. 2026
And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2026

Definition of crazily

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His views on Europe didn’t always align with the narrative of decline that his MAGA colleagues are pushing so vigorously.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Inside the giant exhibition space, that wearable melting pot was vigorously animated by attendees who had arrived mostly from Japan but also from around the world, all wearing its constituent ingredients in their own particular way.

— Luke Leitch, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of vigorously

Adverb

In June 2016, Blair, who was returning to Los Angeles from a vacation in Cancun, Mexico, began screaming uncontrollably and causing chaos on the flight.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Alpha 1, who’s most strict about the disease’s suppression, lashes out uncontrollably.

— Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of uncontrollably

Adverb

Italians are fed energetically with the sustenance of beauty, ease, and joy.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Molecules pooling close to regions that repel water can be forced into distinctive arrangements that are energetically costly to maintain, resembling pieces of a jigsaw puzzle pushed into patterns poised on the verge of scattering.

— Mike McRae October 13, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of energetically

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