furiously
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 9
/ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/
Definition of furiously
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adv
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In a furious manner; angrily.
“He glared furiously at the offender.”
“Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.”
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adv
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In a furious manner; angrily.
“He glared furiously at the offender.”
“Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.”
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Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.
“He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline.”
“Again we set to and bailed furiously. Fortunately the storm had now quite gone by[.]”
““It was nonsense to pretend that he was afraid of the scandal, as no possible scandal could attach to him. This attitude of his gave me furiously to think, and I was slowly forced to the conclusion that Alfred Inglethorp wanted to be arrested.””
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Intensely, as with embarrassment.
“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.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious + -ly.
Words you can make from furiously
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