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
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The event was billed as a call to action to vote early in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania, where Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris are fiercely contesting the election.
—
Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
That ensured Wisconsin would be fiercely contested in the 2020 election, and when the dust settled, President Joe Biden prevailed.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
That same year, Gaynor was among many hopefuls fiercely competing for the role of the love-sick nurse Nellie in South Pacific, which was originated by Mary Martin on Broadway.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Aries is fiercely independent and driven by action, but with Chiron involved, this lunation forces us to confront where we’ve been hurt or where our personal identities have been compromised.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2024
That ensured Wisconsin would be fiercely contested in the 2020 election, and when the dust settled, President Joe Biden prevailed.
—Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2024
That same year, Gaynor was among many hopefuls fiercely competing for the role of the love-sick nurse Nellie in South Pacific, which was originated by Mary Martin on Broadway.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Aries is fiercely independent and driven by action, but with Chiron involved, this lunation forces us to confront where we’ve been hurt or where our personal identities have been compromised.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiercely. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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