fierily

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fier·y

(fīr′ē, fī′ə-rē)

adj. fier·i·er, fier·i·est

a. Consisting of or containing fire.

b. Burning or glowing.

c. Using or effected with fire.

d. Easily ignited; flammable.

2. Having the color of fire; brightly red: fiery hair; a fiery sunset.

a. Torridly hot.

b. Feverishly hot and flushed: fiery cheeks.

c. Being in an inflamed, usually painful condition: a fiery boil.

a. Easily excited or emotionally volatile; tempestuous: a fiery temper.

b. Charged with emotion; spirited: a fiery denunciation.

[Middle English firi, from fir, fire; see fire.]

fier′i·ly adv.

fier′i·ness n.

fier′y adv.

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Adv.

fierily - with passionate fervor; "both those for and against are fervently convinced they speak for the great majority of the people"; "a fierily opinionated book"

fervently, fervidly

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