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fiercely

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fierce/fɪəs/

▶adjective (fiercer, fiercest) violent or aggressive; ferocious.

■ intense: fierce opposition.

■ (of a mechanism) having a powerful abruptness of action.

– phrases
something fierce N. Amer. informal to a great extent.

– derivatives
fiercely adverb,
fierceness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. fiers ‘fierce, brave’, from L. ferus ‘untamed’.

'fiercely' also found in these Oxford entries:

ablaze - attack - battle - blast - blaze - bluster - Boxer - comparative - fall - fierce - flame - jealous - poke - rat race - scrap - slog - slug - superlative - tooth

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scrambled fiercely for facts
The fiercely independent Roosevelt's trust busting
There is fierce competition x They compete fiercely

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