fiercelyadv.
/ˈfɪəsli/, U.S. /ˈfɪ(ə)rsli/ In a fierce manner; furiously, impetuously, violently; †sternly, haughtily.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb]
strongeOE
hotOE
unsoftOE
snellya1000
stitha1000
stronglyOE
woodlyc1000
hatelyOE
unridelyc1175
wood1297
mainlyc1300
dreec1330
spackly?c1335
brothelyc1340
bremelya1375
fiercelya1375
violentlya1387
throlyc1390
roughlya1400
snarplya1400
unrekenlya1400
dreichlyc1400
ranklyc1400
witherlyc1400
maliciouslya1450
fervently1480
roidlyc1480
thrafully1535
vehement?1541
toughly1589
sickerly1596
vengeously1599
virulently1599
rageously1600
ragefullya1631
churlishly1657
improbously1657
rampantly1698
fierce1771
savagerous1832
fulgurantly1873
franticly1883
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > fierceness > [adverb]
grimc893
grimly971
bremeOE
reighlyOE
witherc1200
felonly1303
asperlyc1314
fellc1330
fellyc1330
fiercelya1375
sturdilyc1374
wickedlya1375
sternly1398
runishlyc1400
witherlyc1400
felonmentc1470
cruelly1487
blusterously1548
boarishlya1563
tiger-like1576
sternfully1582
mankindly1606
wolvishly1628
truculently1654
tigerously1698
tigerishly1878
society > authority > strictness > [adverb] > severely or sternly
sternlyc897
stitha1000
sterna1175
foulc1275
stithlya1300
steevely1340
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
fiercely1611
piquantly1691
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adverb]
sternlyc897
sharplyc900
stitha1000
hardlyOE
starklyOE
sterna1175
stithlya1300
hardilyc1300
ruggedlya1382
austerely?a1400
smartlya1400
unsternlya1400
acerbly?a1425
brussly1481
sore1484
shrewdly1490
dourlya1500
severely1548
roundly1567
severe1599
strictly1602
fiercely1611
Draconically1641
rugged1661
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1766 Fersely on here foure fet as fel for swiche bestes.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 16795 [S]ua fersli þe erd quock þe grauis it vndid.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 337 Thenne oure fader to þe fysch ferslych biddez.
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy iii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 142 Fersely brennyng as Fyre of Hell.
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lxxxi The gayler answered fyersly with grete pryde.
1611 Bible (King James) Esther xv. 7 He looked very fiercely upon her. View more context for this quotation
1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §6. 195 The more fiercely Christians are assaulted, the more closely they will cling together.
1719 E. Young Busiris iii. 35 Sending his Soul out to me in a Look So fiercely kind, I trembled, and retired.
1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xxi. 703 Fiercely rushing on the daring Foe.
1809 R. Southey Thalaba (ed. 2) II. viii. 92 Up she rais'd her bright blue eyes And fiercely she smil'd on him.
1829 H. Alford Jrnl. 6 Mar. in Life, Jrnls. & Lett. (1873) 42 Read mathematics very fiercely, being afraid of the paper to-morrow.
1834 T. Pringle Afr. Sketches vi. 202 The noon-day sun flamed fiercely down upon us.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 496 The Parliament was wrangling even more fiercely.
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