as in extremely
to a great degree
fiercely hot weather
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Recent Examples of fiercely
To further complicate matters, Americans were fiercely divided on what next to do.
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Of course, cats can also be fiercely loyal themselves and make for great sidekicks for our heroes (and some villains...).
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Patel is seen as a fiercely loyal ally of Trump and was a divisive pick to lead the FBI.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Reno was fiercely independent of the Bill Clinton White House.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
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David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Of course, cats can also be fiercely loyal themselves and make for great sidekicks for our heroes (and some villains...).
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
Patel is seen as a fiercely loyal ally of Trump and was a divisive pick to lead the FBI.
—Elizabeth Crisp, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
Reno was fiercely independent of the Bill Clinton White House.
—David Catanese, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiercely
Adverb
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The present is extremely uninspiring, but the future is … well, maybe not bright, but at least mildly luminous.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Sudden hearing loss can be caused by proximity to an extremely loud sound like an explosion.—
Uma Raja,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Peters returns for the Manhattan Theatre Club’s fresh, surprising and very special Broadway production, following its run in Los Angeles.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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Although such warships occasionally help interdict drugs in international waters, the use of naval assets for domestic border control is very unusual.—
Risa Brooks,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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An incredibly realistic short almond nail set that may just have your friends fooled.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
14 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy came out incredibly hot, turning a two-shot deficit to Justin Rose into a three-shot lead in just over an hour.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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To Graydon Carter, a founder and coeditor of Air Mail and former editor of Vanity Fair, all of this seems terribly unfair.—
Nathan King,
Architectural Digest,
17 Apr. 2025
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Something would have to go terribly wrong for the Yankees to give up on the 2025 season.—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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There has never been an objection to describing this highly brutal, murderous conduct in words, nor did anyone object to this office when such crime scene images were recently shown on a Netflix documentary.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Many more children were affected by the bombing, too.—
Jenni Carlson,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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Adam Wharton falls into this category too and for that reason completes my midfield.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The combo of that large, efficient head; the dampening factor of the wood handle; and a nice texture at the base of the grip just felt so damned good, strike after strike.—
Joe Jackson,
Outside Online,
20 Nov. 2024
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Still, Moore is pretty damned great — this could almost be her Fly.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
20 Sep. 2024
Adverb
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The Cleveland Browns are desperately searching for a new quarterback this offseason.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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These survivors desperately want to share their stories but tremble at giving their names, fear etched in their faces.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiercely. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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