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
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Jordan also intercepted some of the Iranian projectiles that flew over its territory, despite fiercely criticizing Israel’s war in Gaza, which has killed at least 33,00 people including 13,000 children.
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Anna Gordon, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
Finally, Huawei is trying to break into China’s fiercely competitive EV sector, like its tech rival Xiaomi.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 12 Apr. 2024
The government of President Daniel Ortega fiercely rejected the allegations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Apr. 2024
That bill, which would protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases and require landlords to offer lease renewals, has been fiercely opposed by landlords.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In the next year, medical crises became common for Hartnett’s fiercely independent parents.
—Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Ashley Judd plays a fiercely protective aunt in Lazareth.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Amidst the constraints of World War I in England, Parr fiercely contested for her spot on the field, persevering even through the ban on women's soccer in 1921.
—Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
YouTube began offering creators a share of ad revenue for Shorts last year as its TikTok copycat feature struggled to stand out in the fiercely competitive landscape of online short-form video.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Anna Gordon, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
Finally, Huawei is trying to break into China’s fiercely competitive EV sector, like its tech rival Xiaomi.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 12 Apr. 2024
The government of President Daniel Ortega fiercely rejected the allegations.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Apr. 2024
That bill, which would protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases and require landlords to offer lease renewals, has been fiercely opposed by landlords.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
In the next year, medical crises became common for Hartnett’s fiercely independent parents.
—Judith Graham, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2024
Ashley Judd plays a fiercely protective aunt in Lazareth.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2024
Amidst the constraints of World War I in England, Parr fiercely contested for her spot on the field, persevering even through the ban on women's soccer in 1921.
—Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
YouTube began offering creators a share of ad revenue for Shorts last year as its TikTok copycat feature struggled to stand out in the fiercely competitive landscape of online short-form video.
—Clare Duffy, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Fiercely.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiercely. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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