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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Attorney general is one of the most high-profile and highly anticipated appointments, as Trump has fiercely criticized the Justice Department for prosecuting him and is expected to drastically change its makeup—and possibly push for retribution against his opponents.
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Sara Dorn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The Brit made several brave attempts to take the lead while Verstappen fiercely defended – actions from both drivers threatened to venture into the ‘reckless’ category.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Their removal was the result of a campaign to oust them from office by those who fiercely opposed the Democratic lawmakers' support for a personal income tax hike proposed by then-Gov. James Blanchard.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2024
Gabbard is anti-war and has fiercely criticized Republican and Democratic administrations over military interventions.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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Sara Dorn, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
The Brit made several brave attempts to take the lead while Verstappen fiercely defended – actions from both drivers threatened to venture into the ‘reckless’ category.
—Sam Joseph, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
Their removal was the result of a campaign to oust them from office by those who fiercely opposed the Democratic lawmakers' support for a personal income tax hike proposed by then-Gov. James Blanchard.
—Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 4 Dec. 2024
Gabbard is anti-war and has fiercely criticized Republican and Democratic administrations over military interventions.
—Selina Wang, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiercely. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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