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# fiercely

«fiercely» in Mova's school dictionary: **In an angry, wild or violent way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (fiercely)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In an angry, wild or violent way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#m1)

2) Very strongly or with great feeling: «fiercely loyal», «fiercely proud». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories: «The lion roared fiercely», «the wind blew fiercely». About feelings: «fiercely protective» of family, «fiercely independent». In sports reports: «a fiercely fought match».

### examples

- The dog growled fiercely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#x1)
- The fire burned fiercely all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#x2)
- She is fiercely loyal to her friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#x3)
- The match was fiercely fought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#x4)
- The mother bear fiercely protected her cubs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#x5)
- The wind blew fiercely across the moor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/#x6)

### note

From fierce + ly (keep the e: fiercely). Can describe a good strong feeling (fiercely loyal), not only anger.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fiercely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fiercely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.