fiercely

adverb

ˈfirs-lē How to pronounce fiercely (audio)
Definition of fiercelynext
as in extremely
to a great degree fiercely hot weather

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Recent Examples of fiercely The eyebrow-raising demand sums up why data centers continue to be so controversial with locals, as communities across the country fiercely protest against existing data centers and the construction of new ones. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 2 July 2026 Still, that doesn’t mean Swift, who’s fiercely protective of her intellectual property rights, won’t try to protect her name. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2026 The new business would also throw Meta into a new and fiercely competitive market, which is dominated by companies including Amazon, Microsoft, Google and CoreWeave, among others. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 1 July 2026 Collectors are still willing to compete fiercely for exceptional Old Masters. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fiercely
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiercely
  1. extremely
  2. very
  3. incredibly
  4. terribly
  5. highly
  6. too
  7. desperately
  8. intensely
Adverb
  • The team turned to the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, a stadium-sized synchrotron facility that produces extremely bright X-ray beams.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Teasing out the impact of a small dose of radiation that occurs in addition to all those other exposures is extremely challenging, and the impact of extremely low exposures has not been decisively demonstrated.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • Dior presented its Diorissima collection at Villa Dior, a space dedicated to Dior’s very important customers (VICs).
    — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 10 July 2026
  • The stewards of the forest About 100 miles northwest of the Tahoe Basin, lower down in the foothills, survivors of the epic 2018 Camp fire that destroyed the town of Paradise have a very different relationship with forest stewards.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Each location was incredibly challenging, but each location was challenging in a different way.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 6 July 2026
  • Dan, your schedule is incredibly busy with this, Rick and Morty, Krapopolis and execing on Haunted Hotel.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 6 July 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • The reputations of our decent and hard-working journalists were terribly impugned, and today they have been exonerated.
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 July 2026
  • Your assumption of my competence, while gracious, would be terribly misguided.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • Talks with Occhiuto were cordial, but Hammer made clear that alternative sources of international staff would be highly appreciated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Traditional industrial robotics require precise, expensive programming for highly specific environments.
    — Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Spindle said the Samueli Foundation has launched a third fund, OC Plus, that’s aimed at helping local nonprofits collaborate on projects that might be too big, or too complex, for a single nonprofit.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • But that is labor intensive, and when a fire burns thousands of acres, the time and cost involved can be too high.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of too
Adverb
  • And as things stand, San Francisco’s bullpen could desperately use someone like the submariner.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Shobeir made another brilliant stop on a close-range header by Alexis Mac Allister just after the hydration break as Argentina desperately searched for an equalizer.
    — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • But monitoring compliance has grown intensely urgent following Russia’s 2022 launch of the suspicious Cosmos 2553 satellite.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 July 2026
  • Trump has a yearslong record of intensely personal criticism of the Obamas, and of using incendiary, sometimes racist, rhetoric.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of intensely

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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiercely. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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