[
UK
/fjˈɔːɹɪəsli/
]
[ US /ˈfjʊɹiəsɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈfjʊɹiəsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
winds were blowing furiously -
in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy
she went peddling furiously up the narrow street
the boys fought furiously -
in an impassioned or very angry manner
she screamed furiously at her tormentors
How To Use furiously In A Sentence
- Assuming that I don't have some sort of malignant brain tumor *knocks wood furiously*, it must be that this alien life-form, this adorable-but-nonetheless-parasitic superbeing, is sucking every nutrient from my body and turning these to his own nefarious supergrowth purposes. Pass The Smelling Salts
- He listened intently, jabbed furiously three or four times at the transmitting key, then leapt to his feet, tearing his headphones off. THE LONELY SEA
- I hiked furiously, but it was pitch-dark and snowing.
- I furiously scratched out what I had just written in the notebook, and replaced it with more than just a few malicious thoughts.
- Romoeuf, riding a franc etrier, on that old Herb-merchant's route, quickened during the last stages, has got to Varennes; where the Ten thousand now furiously demand, with fury of panic terror, that Royalty shall forthwith return Paris-ward, that there be not infinite bloodshed. The French Revolution
- He was wakened by a savage whiskerando of the other watch, who, seizing him by his waistband, dragged him most indecorously out, furiously denouncing him for a skulker. Israel Potter
- He quickly drew back and slid towards the opposite edge of the bench, blushing furiously.
- Swallowtails, cabbage whites, skippers, and orange sulphurs follow scent trails to the tiny patches of flowers blooming furiously in the middle of the city.
- A dense fug of tobacco smoke hangs over them as they furiously puff away.
- Fat, perspiring men and women were furiously fanning paper plates in a doomed effort to circulate the stale air.