fiercely
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Definition of fiercely
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Synonyms & Antonyms for fiercely
Synonyms
achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also 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
Antonyms
little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
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On Sunday, fans of the talk show host fiercely defended her after rapper Bow Wow made body shaming comments about her on Twitter. — Eric Todisco, PEOPLE.com, "Fans Clap Back at Bow Wow for Body Shaming Wendy Williams," 29 July 2019 The Penny Dreadful actress plays the Bridgerton matriarch who is sweet and believes her children should marry for love, but is always prepared to fiercely defend them. — Marcus Jones, EW.com, "Meet the cast joining Julie Andrews on Bridgerton, a new show from Shondaland and Netflix," 10 July 2019 The challenges come as hospitals, doctors and other industry groups fiercely defend their turf. — Kristina Peterson, WSJ, "Rifts Emerge Over Congressional Move to Curb Surprise Medical Bills," 10 July 2019 Megan Rapinoe was fiercely defended by her girlfriend in a colorfully titled essay after President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. women's national team co-captain on Twitter last week. — Doha Madani, NBC News, "Sue Bird pens fiery essay defending girlfriend Megan Rapinoe in feud with Donald Trump," 2 July 2019 Tokyo has for decades fiercely defended whale hunting despite heavy criticism from the international community. — Ben Dooley, New York Times, "Japan Resumes Commercial Whaling. But Is There an Appetite for It?," 1 July 2019 Meanwhile, the red flag laws — which generally allow a court to temporarily restrict a person’s access to guns at the request of a concerned family member — have gained little traction in Texas, where they are fiercely opposed by gun-rights groups. — Allie Morris And Benjamin Wermund, ExpressNews.com, "Gov. Abbott: No special session on guns, red flag laws," 16 Aug. 2019 The talks hit a further snag in the form of Moonves, who fiercely opposed uniting with the smaller Viacom and even sued Shari Redstone to stop the deal in May 2018. — Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, "A CBS-Viacom merger is a logical step, but probably only a first one," 12 Aug. 2019 McConnell, who has fiercely opposed gun restrictions throughout his 35-year Senate career, seemed to leave the door open to action on gun measures after the August recess in an interview with a local Kentucky radio station. — NBC News, "Top Republicans 'feeling the heat' on gun control, Warren says," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fiercely.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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