1
[ adverb ] (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner

Examples

"winds were blowing furiously"

Used in print

(James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)

North and south , east and west , back_and_forth he sailed in the land-locked bay , plowing furiously forward until land appeared , then turning to repeat the process , day_after_day , week_after_week .

(Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)

She yanked away from him furiously .

Related terms

angry angry

2
[ adverb ] in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy

Examples

"the boys fought furiously" "she went peddling furiously up the narrow street"

Used in print

(Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)

The beer foamed furiously .

I drank furiously .

Related terms

ferocious ferocious

3
[ adverb ] in an impassioned or very angry manner

Examples

"she screamed furiously at her tormentors"

Related terms

angered angered

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Rhymes with

curiously precariously seriously hilariously vicariously variously mysteriously laboriously gloriously notoriously studiously enviously obviously grievously hideously unceremoniously harmoniously simultaneously contemporaneously previously spontaneously erroneously instantaneously tediously perilously incongruously intravenously carelessly mysteriously tirelessly enormously gratuitously ludicrously precipitously zealously facetiously disastrously precisely frivolously meticulously unanimously ominously tremulously scrupulously ridiculously synonymously intravenously miraculously marvelously mercilessly anonymously indigenously assiduously righteously needlessly religiously ingeniously suspiciously humorously surreptitiously viciously graciously ceaselessly expeditiously outrageously ambitiously listlessly precisely continuously fruitlessly ruthlessly harmlessly unambiguously conspicuously strenuously anxiously fabulously vociferously rigorously vigorously generously dangerously conscientiously effortlessly princely unconsciously consciously cautiously tenaciously hopelessly posthumously flawlessly subconsciously painlessly ostentatiously courageously shamelessly honestly piously thusly zealously contemptuously nervously callously mindlessly aimlessly restlessly breathlessly jealously relentlessly recklessly purposely helplessly famously tremendously endlessly capriciously scarcely fiercely profusely presley grossly parsley maliciously judiciously prodigiously expressly sparsely loosely nicely concisely huxley adversely inversely immensely falsely intensely ferociously wesley mostly tersely conversely densely tensely closely nestle perversely

Phonetic and Homophones

F Y UH1 R IY0 AH0 S L IY0

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