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furiously
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Furiously
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fu·ri·ous
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i
əs
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adjective
1.
full of
fury
, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged:
He was furious about the accident.
2.
intensely violent, as wind or storms.
3.
of unrestrained energy, speed, etc.:
furious activity.
Origin:
1300–50;
Middle English
<
Latin
furiōsus.
See
fury
,
-ous
Related forms
fu·ri·ous·ly,
adverb
fu·ri·ous·ness,
noun
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furious
(ˈfjʊərɪəs)
—
adj
1.
extremely angry or annoyed; raging
2.
violent, wild, or unrestrained, as in speed, vigour, energy, etc
'furiously
—
adv
'furiousness
—
n
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furious
(ˈfjʊərɪəs)
—
adj
1.
extremely angry or annoyed; raging
2.
violent, wild, or unrestrained, as in speed, vigour, energy, etc
'furiously
—
adv
'furiousness
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
furious
late 14c., from O.Fr. furieus, from L. furiosus "full of rage, mad," from furia "rage, passion, fury." Furioso, from the It. form of the word, was used in Eng. 17c.-18c. for "an enraged person," probably from Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso."
furiously
1550s, from
furious
+
-ly
(2).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Fires start quickly, spread
furiously
, and burn intensely.
Fires under extreme conditions start quickly, spread
furiously
, and burn
intensely.
Fires under extreme conditions start quickly, spread
furiously
and burn
intensely.
Scribbling
furiously
on a clipboard, the group dashes off down the hallway.
The urge to climb faster and more
furiously
than anyone else led him, inevitably, towards drugs.
The other one is they're
furiously
independent and determined.
History, after all, deals with matters that were
furiously
debated by the participants.
Crustaceans swim by
furiously
beating their segmented legs, aided by branches that grow from their joints.
Others hurtle
furiously
through a high-tech netherworld.
Many of those who do have them are scribbling
furiously
in notebooks as the meeting progresses.
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