FURIOUSLY


Meaning of FURIOUSLY in English

adverb

Etymology: Middle English, from furious + -ly

1.

a. : in an impassioned manner : angrily , hotly

an alarm is raised and a number of Moors on horseback furiously pursue them — Bernard De Voto

b. : in a turbulent manner : wildly

the wind ran furiously , tearing leaves off trees, carrying great volumes of dust before it — Sherwood Anderson

2. : in a lively manner : energetically

she would heave her huge body onto the saddle and go pedaling furiously up the narrow street — Arnold Hill

3. : in an intensive manner or degree : extremely

decorated with furiously modern murals — Frederic Morton

a furiously colorful futurist study — S.E.Hyman

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.