FURIOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does furiously mean? 

• FURIOUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb FURIOUSLY has 3 senses:

1. (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner

2. in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy

3. in an impassioned or very angry manner

  Familiarity information: FURIOUSLY used as an adverb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FURIOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner

Context example:

winds were blowing furiously

Pertainym:

furious ((of the elements) as if showing violent anger)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In a manner marked by extreme or violent energy

Context example:

she went peddling furiously up the narrow street

Pertainym:

furious (marked by extreme and violent energy)

Sense 3

Meaning:

In an impassioned or very angry manner

Context example:

she screamed furiously at her tormentors

Pertainym:

furious (marked by extreme anger)

 Context examples 

He shrank away and then fell forward upon the table, coughing furiously and clawing among the papers.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But they were not only tipsy; it was plain that they were furiously angry.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“What has she been saying to you?” screamed the old man furiously.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I imagined that the monster seized me; I struggled furiously and fell down in a fit.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Observations indicate that the galaxy had been furiously making stars for more than a billion years.

(Telescopes Uncover Early Construction of Giant Galaxy, NASA)

Glancing back, I saw a tall man pushing his way furiously through the crowd, and waving his hand as if he desired to have the train stopped.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Once he shook both hands furiously in the air, and twice he sprang from his seat and hurried down the road.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He seemed in a wild panic over his right hand, and proceeded to hammer it furiously against the gee-pole.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The gong thundered more frequently and more furiously.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“What the devil is that to you?” cried Belcher, furiously.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)