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 mining the life and legacy of Nina Simone, Liz Garbus uncovered a deliberately provocative and fiercely political musical genius and earned a best-documentary Oscar nomination in the process.
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
That staging showcased the fiercely funny Sarah Paulson as eldest Lafayette sibling Toni.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
In a post on X, the rapper fiercely criticized Rocky, and called for him to be jailed.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Lowering interest rates is the Fed’s job, not the president’s: The central bank guards its independence fiercely.
—David Goldman, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
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Radhika Seth, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2025
That staging showcased the fiercely funny Sarah Paulson as eldest Lafayette sibling Toni.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
In a post on X, the rapper fiercely criticized Rocky, and called for him to be jailed.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 31 Jan. 2025
Lowering interest rates is the Fed’s job, not the president’s: The central bank guards its independence fiercely.
—David Goldman, CNN, 23 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 5 Feb. 2025.
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