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fierily, adv.|ˈfaɪərɪlɪ| [f. fiery a. + -ly2.] In a fiery manner. 1. With the appearance or colour of fire.
1824tr. Hoffmann's Devil's Elixir I. 75 The rising sun, which now ascended fieryly. 1859J. C. Mangan Poems 69 The sun ere he fierily sinks. 1885G. Meredith Diana III. xv. 304 Her musings on him..fierily brushed her cheeks. 2. With ardour; ardently, eagerly, passionately.
1600Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 37 The Prophet so firily is set, and so hotely enflamed to run from his dutie. 1825Blackw. Mag. XVIII. 448 Long, and eagerly, and fierily I gazed. 1880G. Meredith Trag. Com. viii. (1892) 112 He lived with the pulses of the minutes, much as she did, only more fierily. |