furiouslyadv.
/ˈfjʊərɪəsli/, /ˈfjɔːrɪəsli/, U.S. /ˈfjʊriəsli/ 1. With fury, in a mad or frantic manner, to an irrational degree, madly.
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the mind > emotion > anger > furious anger > [adverb]
woodlyc1000
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raselya1450
furiously1555
storminglya1600
bouncing mad1834
ragingly1840
stormily1860
ragefully1865
infuriately1879
lividly1890
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adverb] > excessively or immoderately
too971
unimeteOE
unmethelyOE
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un-i-methc1225
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furiously1555
intemperately1576
overliberally1578
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unconscionable1596
exorbitantlya1635
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owdaciously1848
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde i. i. f. 2 They furiousely cryed out againste him.
c1610–15 Life Holie Dympna in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 46 The king raging at these wordes and full of concupiscence, furiouslie sayd vnto her [etc.].
1611 Bible (King James) Ezek. xxiii. 25 They shall deale furiously with thee. View more context for this quotation
1751 W. Warburton Julian (ed. 2) i. v. 99 An inference so furiously sceptical, as would overturn the whole Body of civil history.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 362 His scheme was..furiously attacked.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ii. 25 To see how furiously jealous you would become.
1890 Spectator 11 Oct. Furiously interested classes.
2. With impetuous or boisterous motion or agitation; swiftly, violently, vehemently.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adverb] > with rapid or sudden violence
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headilya1500
vehemently1538
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furiouslya1577
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torrentially1882
a1577 G. Gascoigne Dan Bartholmew xix So staies the streame, when furiouslie it flouth.
1611 Bible (King James) 2 Kings ix. 20 Iehu..driueth furiously . View more context for this quotation
1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 391 The water..is furiously hot.
1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 72 The Piece recoiled so furiously.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 279 The Phosphorus took fire, burnt furiously, and burst the vessels.
1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. v. 166 Perceiving his master beset, he..came furiously to his aid.
1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge vi. 269 Before the words had passed my lips, he rode upon me furiously.
1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) vi. §312 Here..the sea-breeze blows furiously.
1878 A. Brassey Voy. Sunbeam xv. 269 Where the molten lava dashed up furiously against the rocks.
3. Excessively, ‘awfully’. Cf. French furieusement.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > excessively
cruellyc1385
overa1400
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parlouslyc1425
mortalc1440
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intolerable?1593
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wicked1663
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perishing1776
tremendously1776
terrifically1777
diabolically1792
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thundering1809
all-firedly1833
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diabolish1858
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demonish1867
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fiendishly1879
thunderingly1885
only too1889
nightmarishly1891
God almighty1906
Christ almighty1945
1856 T. De Quincey Confessions Eng. Opium-eater (rev. ed.) in Select. Grave & Gay V. 35 The lady of 1752, if living in 1800, must be furiously wrinkled.
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