feverishly

English

Etymology

From feverish +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ.li/

Adverb

feverishly (comparative more feverishly, superlative most feverishly)

1. With excitement and determination.
2. With speed; rapidly.
   • 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:

     In the outer room the two women knitted black wool feverishly.

   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 80:

     With nothing else to do, he carried the candle to the front room and began feverishly filling his pipe.

Synonyms

• (with excitement): energetically, excitedly
• (with speed): quickly, rapidly, speedily

Related terms

• feverish
• feverishness

Translations

with excitement and determination

• Catalan: febrilment (ca)
• Finnish: kuumeisesti (fi)
• Russian: лихора́дочно (ru) (lixorádočno), возбуждённо (ru) (vozbuždjónno), взволно́ванно (ru) (vzvolnóvanno)
• Spanish: febrilmente (es)

with speed; rapidly

• Finnish: vauhdilla (fi), kuumeisesti (fi), nopeasti (fi)