Used in a Sentence

ferociously

How to use ferociously in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ferociously.

Editorial note

This shouldn't even be on HN. If there were a down vote button, I'd be clicking it ferociously.

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Definitions1
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Quick take

in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ferociously gathered in one view.

adverb

in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ferociously.

adverb

in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"

Example sentences

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This shouldn't even be on HN. If there were a down vote button, I'd be clicking it ferociously.

2

It does sound like she's ferociously productive. It's also possible that she could be ten times as productive and that C++ is holding her back.

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A lot of people just want the quiet easy life, and get ferociously angry when they perceive someone else as rocking their boat.

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I am always astounded at how quickly and ferociously people will rush to the defense of common practice schooling models." It worked really well for me!"

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But if at the end of the day, life means more to you than ferociously competing to see who can work more hours in a week, why the hell are you doing this?

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I'd imagine in summer Singapore and KL are ferociously humid and hot?

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Westlaw and Lexis fought ferociously to prevent this database from being released to the public. They were successful.

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Combining the two at length seems ferociously difficult.

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The reddit hivemind does something ferociously stupid that makes all internet users look like drooling morons -- is this news to people?

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Of themselves, they say: "We make astonishingly fun, ferociously addictive games that run on social networks. ...

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The truth is, dealers do compete against each other ferociously. Yes, they will rip you off if you come unprepared, but if you shop your deal around to enough dealers, chances are you will get a zero-profit or even below-cost deal on your new car.

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Interestingly, the people I know most ferociously opposed to the illegals are themselves immigrants, three from China, one from India, and one from France. And racism has nothing to do with it.

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The immune system is ferociously complex, and is still poorly understood. However, it does have the advantage of being battle tested throughout evolution.

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More ominously - these companies protect their business AND their data formats ferociously. Epic is famous for lock ins - once you pay the $50-100 million contract for them to take over your IT, your data will not interface with any other system again, ever.

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, let's build startups that fueled by VC money evolve into monolithic monsters that ferociously guard their walled gardens and do their best to entrap customers in them, because &;&." nice, polished and integrated and user-friendly experiences"?

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"[Amazon] spent ferociously to build more fulfillment centers and expand its technology offerings."

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It seems to me that Wikipedia's back end is ferociously clunky and outdated, there is no easy way to show all contributions made by a specific user, for example. If you compare this to a system like GitHub or one like StackOverflow, the deficiencies are obvious.

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They have their mansions and their fancy cars, but they're still bound by the mindset of their lower/middle class background where they fought ferociously and squeezed themselves and their financial abilities to get to where they are today. As long as that mindset persists, even very wealthy people won't consider themselves to be "upper class".

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Call me crazy, but I like the pumping lemma "It has an ferociously intimidating logical structure, with no fewer than five alternating quantifiers ... If two are a struggle, five is cruelty".

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Disclaimer: I worked with the OP and she is a ferociously productive engineer. Dismissing newer technologies as "shiny" instead of evaluating their merits* Or, evaluating technologies based on how useful hey are rather than the amount of hype they are generating Language hipsterism* Huh?

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As always, people holding the most extreme views color the perception of the whole community - even if most people who believe in creationism are perfectly willing to have an intelligent conversation and have no problem with their kids learning science, the vocal few that campaign ferociously against science in education make everyone on that side look bad. Unfortunately nobody in the "sane" segment of the religious community seems to be speaking up against them or reining them in, which is why it is so frustrating.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ferociously in a sentence?

This shouldn't even be on HN. If there were a down vote button, I'd be clicking it ferociously.

What does ferociously mean?

in a physically fierce manner; "silence broken by dogs barking ferociously"; "they fought fiercely"

What part of speech is ferociously?

ferociously is commonly used as adverb.