furiously

English

Etymology

From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/

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Adverb

furiously (comparative more furiously, superlative most furiously)

1. In a furious manner; angrily.

   He glared furiously at the offender.

2. Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.

   He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Again we set to and bailed furiously. Fortunately the storm had now quite gone by[.]

3. Intensely, as with embarrassment.
   • 2004, Clara Mille, Under The Southern Cross, page 86:

     Craig, who at twenty was taller than his father, blushed furiously as he practically threw two small boxes on the table in front of the twins. “Happy birthday”, he managed.

Derived terms

• colorless green ideas sleep furiously

 

Translations

in a furious manner; angrily

• Catalan: furiosament (ca)
• Finnish: raivoissaan (fi), vihaisesti (fi)
• French: furieusement (fr)
• Galician: furiosamente
• Latin: furenter
• Middle English: furiously
• Norman: futhieusement
• Polish: wściekle (pl)
• Portuguese: furiosamente (pt)
• Spanish: furiosamente (es)

frantically

• Finnish: raivoisasti (fi), vimmaisesti (fi)

Middle English

Alternative forms

• furyously

Etymology

From furious +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfiu̯riˈuːsliː/, /ˈfiu̯riusli/, /-lit͡ʃ(ə)/

Adverb

furiously

1. madly, forcefully, frantically

Descendants

• English: furiously

References

• “fūriǒuslī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.