furiously

Thân thiện

She pedaled her bicycle furiously up the narrow street.

Definition

1. Adverb:
   • With intense anger or passion: Describes an action done with extreme rage, fury, or strong emotion.
   • With great energy, speed, or intensity: Describes an action performed with violent or frantic energy.
   • (Of natural forces) With wild, stormy violence: Describes elements like wind or waves acting with turbulent, uncontrolled force.

Usage Examples

• With intense anger:
  • He shook his head furiously.
  • The customer complained furiously about the poor service.
• With great energy or speed:
  • She scrubbed the floor furiously.
  • The engine was running furiously.
• Of natural forces:
  • The sea churned furiously against the rocks.
  • Rain lashed the windows furiously.

Advanced Usage

• "to work furiously": to work with intense, frantic effort, often against a deadline.
  • The team worked furiously to finish the project on time.
• "to deny something furiously": to deny something with great vehemence and anger.
  • He furiously denied all the accusations.

Variants and Related Words

• Furious (adj): Full of fury, violent passion, or rage; intensely energetic or fast.
  • He was in a furious mood.
  • They set off at a furious pace.
• Fury (n): Wild or violent anger; intense, unrestrained force.
  • She turned on him in a fury.

Synonyms

• Angrily: In an angry manner.
• Violently: With great physical force or intensity.
• Frantically: In a hurried, excited, or chaotic manner, typically due to worry or fear.
• Wildly: In an uncontrolled or violent way.

Related Phrases

• To protest furiously: To object or demonstrate with extreme anger and vigor.
  • Residents protested furiously against the new construction plan.
• To argue furiously: To have a dispute or debate with intense anger and passion.
  • The politicians argued furiously during the debate.

Related Idioms

• Like fury: With great speed, energy, or intensity. (This idiom is related to the adverbial sense of "furiously").
  • She worked like fury to meet the deadline.

Học thuật

Adverb

1. in an impassioned or very angry manner
   • she screamed furiously at her tormentors
2. in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy
   • the boys fought furiously
   • she went peddling furiously up the narrow street
3. (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner
   • winds were blowing furiously