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fiercely
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial fiercely has 2 senses
- fiercely(r = adv.all) ferociously - in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"
- fiercely(r = adv.all) Array - in an emotionally fierce manner; "she was fiercely proud of her children"
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