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furiously — 1550s, from FURIOUS (Cf. furious) + LY (Cf. ly) (2) … Etymology dictionary
furiously — adverb 1. (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner (Freq. 7) winds were blowing furiously • Derived from adjective: ↑furious 2. in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy (Freq. 2) the boys fought furiously she went peddling … Useful english dictionary
furiously — adverb a) in a furious manner; angrily. He glared furiously at the offender. b) quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed. He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline … Wiktionary
furiously — adv. Furiously is used with these adjectives: ↑angry Furiously is used with these verbs: ↑argue, ↑bark, ↑beat, ↑blink, ↑blush, ↑boil, ↑bubble, ↑demand, ↑glare, ↑hiss, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
furiously — furious ► ADJECTIVE 1) extremely angry. 2) full of energy or intensity. DERIVATIVES furiously adverb. ORIGIN Latin furiosus, from furia fury … English terms dictionary
Furiously — Furious Fu ri*ous, a. [L. furiosus, fr. furia rage, fury: cf. F. furieux. See {Fury}.] 1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent; as, a furious animal. [1913 Webster] 2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence; as, a furious… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
furiously — adverb see furious … New Collegiate Dictionary
furiously — Synonyms and related words: a corps perdu, all to pieces, amain, angrily, apace, at once, by forced marches, carelessly, cursorily, deliriously, demonically, desperately, distractedly, expeditiously, fanatically, feverishly, fiercely, frantically … Moby Thesaurus
furiously — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adverb In a violent, strenuous way: fiercely, frantically, frenziedly, hard, strenuously. See STRONG … English dictionary for students
furiously — adv American extremely. A hyperbolic vogue term in use among the Vals of the 1990s and fea t ured in the 1994 US film Clueless … Contemporary slang
