fierily

English

Etymology

From fiery +‎ -ly.

Adverb

fierily (comparative more fierily, superlative most fierily)

1. In a fiery manner.
   • 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:

     The mountain-ash berries across the field stood fierily out from the dark leaves, for a moment.

     Penguin, 1994, Chapter 2, p. 50

   • 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 256:

     Her Malay was the Malay of the Staate of Lanchap [...] and she spoke it fierily, with crisp glottal checks, with much bubbling reduplication.

   • 2006, Stefan Zweig, translated by Anthea Bell, Chess, Penguin:

     Hypnotized, my eyes stared at the small bulge made by that book inside the pocket, they gazed fierily at that one inconspicuous spot as if to burn a hole in the coat.