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ferociously |
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Translations ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ] ADV [bark, glare] → ferozmente, con ferocidad; [fight, attack] → ferozmente the sun was ferociously hot → hacía un calor atroz, el calor era implacable he worked ferociously hard → trabajaba 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, argue → heftig; criticize, attack → aufs schärfste or Schärfste; glare → grimmig; bark, roar → wütend; ferociously determined → wild entschlossen; the market is ferociously competitive → auf dem Markt herrscht ein gnadenloser Wettbewerb (emph, = extremely) tough, difficult → äußerst ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ] adv → ferocemente, con ferocia ferociously [fəˈrəʊʃəslɪ] adv → ferocemente, con ferocia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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