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furiously, adv.|ˈfjʊərɪəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. With fury, in a mad or frantic manner, to an irrational degree, madly.
1555Eden Decades 2 They furiousely cryed out againste him. c1610Women Saints (E.E.T.S.) 46 The king raging at these wordes and full of concupiscence, furiouslie sayd vnto her [etc.]. 1611Bible Ezek. xxiii. 25 They shall deale furiously with thee. 1751Warburton Julian (ed. 2) i. v. 99 An inference so furiously sceptical, as would overturn the whole Body of civil history. 1849Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 362 His scheme was..furiously attacked. 1873Black Pr. Thule (1874) 18 To see how furiously jealous you would become. 1890Spectator 11 Oct., Furiously interested classes.
2. With impetuous or boisterous motion or agitation; swiftly, violently, vehemently.
a1577Gascoigne Dan Barthol., Reporters Concl. xix, So staies the streame, when furiouslie it flouth. 1611Bible 2 Kings ix. 20 Iehu..driueth furiously. 1686tr. Chardin's Trav. 391 The water..is furiously hot. 1700S. L. tr. Fryke's Voy. E. Ind. 72 The Piece recoiled so furiously. 1758Reid tr. Macquer's Chym. I. 279 The Phosphorus took fire, burnt furiously, and burst the vessels. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian xvi, Perceiving his master beset, he came furiously to his aid. 1840Dickens Barn. Rudge vi, Before the words had passed my lips, he rode upon me furiously. 1860Maury Phys. Geog. vi. §312 Here..the sea-breeze blows furiously. 1877A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. (1878) 269 Where the molten lava dashed up furiously against the rocks.
3. Excessively, ‘awfully’. Cf. F. furieusement.
1822–56De Quincey Confess. (1862) 35 The lady of 1752 if living in 1800 must be furiously wrinkled. |