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fiercely

adverb

ˈfirs-lē

Definition of fiercely

as in extremely

to a great degree fiercely hot weather

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Recent Examples of fiercely Her approach to life, passed down to the children, is simultaneously family-driven and fiercely independent. — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 10 July 2026 Charles builds their cabin with help from a kind widower and Civil War veteran, John Edwards (Warren Christie), who struggles with alcohol; Edwards’ sometime companion (Rebecca Amzallag) is a fiercely independent bar owner. — Judy Berman, Time, 9 July 2026 Residents have fiercely protested against the deployment of Flock cameras, overrunning town meetings. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 9 July 2026 The norm on the Hill is to fiercely shield and protect the private lives of legislators—especially on matters as sensitive as mental or physical health. — Marie-Rose Sheinerman, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for fiercely

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Be vigilant about never leaving young children and pets in vehicles without supervision, especially during periods of intense heat, as car interiors can quickly become extremely hot.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Surveillance of a suspect can take hours or days, and is extremely resource-intensive.

— Caroll Alvarado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of extremely

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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

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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

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The number of households paying the BBC license fee plummeted last year at a time when the corporation is desperately seeking a revamp of its funding model.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 July 2026
Mbappé had a chance for a critical goal in the 67th minute but his shot careened wide, and France remained scoreless as Les Bleus desperately searched for a scoring chance.

— Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 July 2026

Definition of desperately

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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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