Synonyms
- achingly
- almighty
- archly
- awful
- awfully
- badly
- beastly
- blisteringly
- bone
- colossally
- corking
- cracking
- damn
- damned
- dang
- deadly
- desperately
- eminently
- enormously
- especially
- ever
- exceedingly
- exceeding
- extra
- extremely
- fabulously
- fantastically
- far
- filthy
- frightfully
- full
- greatly
- heavily
- highly
- hugely
- immensely
- incredibly
- intensely
- jolly
- majorly
- mightily
- mighty
- monstrous [chiefly dialect]
- mortally
- most
- much
- particularly
- passing
- rattling
- real
- really
- right
- roaring
- roaringly
- seriously
- severely
- so
- sore
- sorely
- spanking
- specially
- stinking
- such
- super
- supremely
- surpassingly
- terribly
- that
- thumping
- too
- unco
- uncommonly
- vastly
- very
- vitally
- way
- whacking
- wicked
- wildly
Examples of fiercely in a Sentence
fiercely hot weather
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In the years since, the cathedral has been fiercely debated among Ghanaian politicians, who have raised questions about its funding.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Jan. 2025
The United head coach unleashed his emotions after witnessing the seventh defeat of his 15 games in charge, fiercely voicing his displeasure at his team and showing his frustrations physically.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Still, Democrats are fiercely pushing back on the emerging dynamics.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
Why did the singer, fiercely private, go so public in his support of Donald Trump during his final years, posting furious MAGA missives that horrified many longtime friends and fans?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 21 Jan. 2025
The United head coach unleashed his emotions after witnessing the seventh defeat of his 15 games in charge, fiercely voicing his displeasure at his team and showing his frustrations physically.
—Laurie Whitwell, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Still, Democrats are fiercely pushing back on the emerging dynamics.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
Why did the singer, fiercely private, go so public in his support of Donald Trump during his final years, posting furious MAGA missives that horrified many longtime friends and fans?
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for fiercely
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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiercely. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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