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fiercely

Adverb

Meaning

in a physically fierce manner

in an emotionally fierce manner

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A cowardly cur barks more fiercely than it bites. Quintus Curtius Rufus

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature. Christopher Morley

Final Ruin fiercely drives Her plowshare oer creation. Edward Young

There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before. Willa Cather

However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practice to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself. Antonin Artaud

If you find your own house is on fire, you may be sure that your neighbour's house is burning much more fiercely. Swahili Proverb

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