furiously

From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊə̯ɹi.ə̯sli/

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furiously (comparative more furiously, superlative most furiously)

1. In a furious manner; angrily.

   He glared furiously at the offender.

2. Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.

   He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline.

   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Again we set to and bailed furiously. Fortunately the storm had now quite gone by[.]

3. Intensely, as with embarrassment.
   • 2004, Clara Mille, Under The Southern Cross, page 86:

     Craig, who at twenty was taller than his father, blushed furiously as he practically threw two small boxes on the table in front of the twins. “Happy birthday”, he managed.

• furyously

From furious +‎ -ly (adverbial suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˌfiu̯riˈuːsliː/, /ˈfiu̯riusli/, /-lit͡ʃ(ə)/

furiously

1. madly, forcefully, frantically

• English: furiously

• “fūriǒuslī, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.