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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 Though religious thinkers will fight fiercely to show one of the stories to be the one that religion really sanctions, each Abrahamic religion has signposts pointing both ways. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026 Kingsley loves Saffron fiercely, unlike the indifferent Alvaro; Lara is a natural caregiver, nurturing Alvaro in ways that Saffron never could. — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026 Sunny was also fiercely protective of Bo and particularly close with the Obamas' daughters, Malia and Sasha, according to the former president and first lady. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Both have fiercely defended the map and went to court to defend it from challengers. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 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 romance genre is extremely popular on the publishing side with massive engaged fan bases, and buyers on the film and TV side recognize the potential for that to translate to the screen.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Earthquakes and bradyseisms are very rare; the continents move extremely slowly.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of extremely
Adverb
  • Those who arrived in the 1900s had very different cultural, political, and religious backgrounds from the older Texas Jews.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • These salts can withstand very high temperatures before boiling.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of very
Adverb
  • Moments after an incredibly warm greeting, Quinn shoveled coal into the flames and stuck an iron in the forge.
    — Sarah Wood González, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Teach them that an answer can sound incredibly confident and still be wrong.
    — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of incredibly
Adverb
  • Fortunately, if no less terribly, there is more to the story, and many of the most compelling scenes have little or nothing to do with Michael.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • This is not at all to suggest Tove Lo has become terribly sensible, though.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of terribly
Adverb
  • This requires that software developers understand how to prompt AI with relevant and highly honed questions, validate outputs, understand the limitations of AI models and maintain accountability for the final product.
    — Alberto Lugo, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Programming will be highly curated and editorially led, organizers added, spanning headline conversations, unexpected pairings, global trends and data, cultural insight and case studies from across the international entertainment business.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of highly
Adverb
  • Other analyses suggest about 40 percent of amateur athletes playing contact sports show brain changes that are characteristic of CTE, too.
    — Alexandra Pattillo, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of calling for calm and letting the justice system work, too many political leaders on the left and progressive social influencers either fanned the flames of unrest or failed to act until enormous damage was done.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of too
Adverb
  • Come to think of it, there were a lot of questionable calls/no-calls from the officiating crew during Saturday night's game in Jordan Hare, perhaps Fralick was one of the refs trying desperately to gift the Tigers a win to save his skin.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Cowboys’ first-year defensive coordinator has not inspired a lot of confidence in a fanbase that desperately wants to believe that his hiring would have a noticeable impact on one of the worst defenses in the NFL.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of desperately
Adverb
  • According to this data, starting in the 1990s, ice began disappearing more intensely.
    — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • If key artificial intelligence players like Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta are included, the trillion-dollar company cohort has become intensely concentrated within artificial intelligence and its upstream and downstream supply chains.
    — , CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of intensely

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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiercely. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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