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ferociously
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial ferociously has 1 sense
- ferociously(r = adv.all) fiercely - in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"
THESAURUS
ferociously
atrociously, barbarously, bec et ongles, bestially, brutally, brutishly, cruelly, devilishly, diabolically, ferally, fiendishly, fiercely, inhumanely, inhumanly, mercilessly, pitilessly, ruthlessly, savagely, sharkishly, slaveringly, tooth and nail, truculently, unhumanly, viciously, wolfishly
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