fiercely

adverb

fierce·​ly ˈfirs-lē 

1

: in a fierce or vehement manner

fiercely competitive

2

: to a high degree : very

fiercely expensive

Synonyms

• achingly
• almighty
• archly
• awful
• awfully
• badly
• beastly
• blisteringly
• bone
• colossally
• corking
• cracking
• damn
• damned
• dang
• deadly
• desperately
• eminently
• enormously
• especially
• ever
• exceedingly
• exceeding
• extra
• extremely
• fabulously
• fantastically
• far
• filthy
• frightfully
• full
• greatly
• heavily
• highly
• hugely
• immensely
• incredibly
• intensely
• jolly
• majorly
• mightily
• mighty
• monstrous [chiefly dialect]
• mortally
• most
• much
• particularly
• passing
• rattling
• real
• really
• right
• roaring
• roaringly
• seriously
• severely
• so
• sore
• sorely
• spanking
• specially
• stinking
• such
• super
• supremely
• surpassingly
• terribly
• that
• thumping
• too
• unco
• uncommonly
• vastly
• very
• vitally
• way
• whacking
• wicked
• wildly

Examples of fiercely in a Sentence

fiercely hot weather

Recent Examples on the Web

Yet those fiercely unhappy with their surroundings can change the world, and those who change the world should not be forgotten. —Cathrine Todd, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024

Nuno has built a Forest side that is fiercely difficult to break down, while looking to hurt opposition sides on the break. —Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024

That said, Audra McDonald is a force of nature as the fiercely protective Mama Rose, in a blazing revival that breathes new life into the classic showbiz musical. —Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024

It’s made up of 11 communities, in turn mostly composed of the descendants of Irish and English settlers who first arrived in pursuit of cod some 300-plus years ago—and home to a unique and fiercely held-onto way of life. —Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1