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ferociously

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fe·ro·cious  (f-rshs)
adj.
1. Extremely savage; fierce. See Synonyms at cruel.
2. Marked by unrelenting intensity; extreme: ferocious heat.

[From Latin ferx, ferc-, fierce; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots.]

fe·rocious·ly adv.
fe·rocious·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.ferociously - in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"
Translations
ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ] ADV [bark, glare] → ferozmente, con ferocidad; [fight, attack] → ferozmente
the sun was ferociously hothacía un calor atroz, el calor era implacable
he worked ferociously hardtrabajaba durísimo
ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəsli] adv
(= violently) [fight, attack] → violemment
(= aggressively) [compete] → avec acharnement; [competitive, ambitious] → redoutablement
(= extremely) [difficult, tough, intelligent] → terriblement
ferociously
adv
(= violently) hit, fight, resist, argueheftig; criticize, attackaufs schärfste or Schärfste; glaregrimmig; bark, roarwütend; ferociously determinedwild entschlossen; the market is ferociously competitiveauf dem Markt herrscht ein gnadenloser Wettbewerb
(emph, = extremely) tough, difficultäußerst
ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ] advferocemente, con ferocia
ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ] advferocemente, con ferocia


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The maker of Bonnets ferociously planned A novel arrangement of bows: While the Billiard-marker with quivering hand Was chalking the tip of his nose.
I can see them now, exactly as they looked, working about the table in the lamplight: Jake with his heavy features, so rudely moulded that his face seemed, somehow, unfinished; Otto with his half-ear and the savage scar that made his upper lip curl so ferociously under his twisted moustache.
No sooner had he crossed the border of this domain when two guards seized him and carried him before the Grand Gallipoot of the Growleywogs, who scowled upon him ferociously and asked him why he dared intrude upon his territory.
 
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