furiously
/ˈfjʊɹiəsli/FYUU-ree-uh-slee
/ˈfjʊɹiəsli/FYUU-ree-uh-slee
Meaningin a raging way
Common meaning: very angrily or energetically
- furmadness, rageLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 797 · scan
- iousadjective ending: full of, marked by
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Journey through time
- Latinfuror; furō‘madness, rage’
- Old Frenchfurieuxsource
- Englishfurious‘very angry’
- Englishformed in English from furiousfuriously‘very angrily or energetically’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from furious + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FURY, p.224 · scan
Roots
- furor; furō Latin “madness, rage”
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