[
UK
/fəɹˈəʊʃəsli/
]
[ US /fɝˈoʊʃɪsɫi/ ]
[ US /fɝˈoʊʃɪsɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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in a physically fierce manner
silence broken by dogs barking ferociously
they fought fiercely
How To Use ferociously In A Sentence
- White-knuckled, she gripped the clacking needles so ferociously she could have knitted the booties in gale force winds and they still would have turned out ankle-stranglers. First
- He is also tall, good-looking and ferociously lucky. Times, Sunday Times
- They tackle ferociously, hit the rucks hard and pass beautifully. Times, Sunday Times
- They simply ripped them limb from limb in the second half with a ferociously determined and hungry display which left Cork begging for mercy.
- Yet here he is once more, looking as ferociously hard as ever albeit with a few more teeth.
- Could George Seifert, master angler, off-season family man and ferociously successful coach, never get the benefit of the doubt?
- In short, Kirmani tries to quantify the unquantifiable, and ends up looking like Don Quixote ferociously tilting at the scientific windmill.
- He is a figure of physical stature and a ferociously forceful personality. Times, Sunday Times
- And they are ferociously unembarrassed about taking their clothes off: most German spa baths are full of elderly nudes.
- He trapped Conn in a corner and pummeled him ferociously for thirty seconds.