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UK
/fəɹˈəʊʃəsli/
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[ US /fɝˈoʊʃɪsɫi/ ]
[ US /fɝˈoʊʃɪsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a physically fierce manner
silence broken by dogs barking ferociously
they fought fiercely
How To Use ferociously In A Sentence
- We campaigned ferociously to ban the stuff that could kill people in minutes with its toxic fumes.
- The regime has also been ferociously anti-gay.
- He could be ferociously stern, and sometimes susceptible to melancholy, but stories about him are almost always attended by laughter, often gales of it.
- his disconcerting habit of greeting friends ferociously and strangers charmingly
- After the Chup Tazia has been buried finally, and the entire area of Kazmain Karbala is a dust storm, the Azadars start beating their chests ferociously to the chant of Ya Husasin Al Wida Ya Hussain Al Wida, Ya Sakina Ya Abbas and I am in pain and barefeet, the night before I walked on hot embers known as the Aag Ka Matam at Kazmain and prior to that at Dinud Daulahs Karbala .. 2006 October « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1
- That may have rankled the Church - but nothing like as ferociously as the gay marriage issue which has since erupted.
- These are ferociously gifted young musicians. Times, Sunday Times
- He is a figure of physical stature and a ferociously forceful personality. Times, Sunday Times
- Jackie Peyton shlumps through her storylines in trainers and an anorak, unpowdered T-zone glinting ferociously under hospital striplights. With The Big C, Nurse Jackie and Weeds, US TV has given us women who are more than just Mistresses
- Paolo Di Canio, meanwhile, gave no quarter, tackling ferociously, harrying opponents and delivering a fierce long-range drive just over the bar.