| 释义 |
fiercely, adv.|ˈfɪəslɪ|
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a fierce manner; furiously, impetuously, violently; † sternly, haughtily.
a1300Cursor M. 16795 (Gött.) Sua fersli þe erd quock, þe grauis it vndid. 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 337 Thenne oure fader to þe fysch ferslych biddez. c1350Will. Palerne 1766 Fersely on here foure fet as fel for swiche bestes. 1471Ripley Comp. Alch. iii. in Ashm. (1652) 142 Fersely brennyng as Fyre of Hell. a1533Ld. Berners Huon lxxxi, The gayler answered fyersly with grete pryde. 1611Bible Esther xv. 7 He looked very fiercely upon her. 1631Gouge God's Arrows iii. §6. 195 The more fiercely Christians are assaulted, the more closely they will cling together. 1715–20Pope Iliad xxi. 703 Fiercely rushing on the daring foe. 1719Young Busiris iii. i, Sending his soul out to me, in a look So fiercely kind, I trembled, and retired. 1801Southey Thalaba viii. xxix, Up she raised her bright blue eyes, And fiercely she smiled on him. 1829Alford in Life (1873) 42 Read mathematics very fiercely being afraid of the paper tomorrow. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. vi. 202 The noon-day sun flamed fiercely down upon us. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 496 The Parliament was wrangling even more fiercely.
Comb.1809Wordsw. Feelings of the Tyrolese iii, The gales Of fiercely-breathing war. |