ferociously

English

Etymology

ferocious +‎ -ly

Adverb

ferociously (comparative more ferociously, superlative most ferociously)

In a ferocious manner, particularly violent and aggressive.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  Challenger snorted ferociously as he looked at it, and his thick black hair seemed to bristle up in his wrath.
Intensely or extremely.
a ferociously fast pace

Translations

in a ferocious manner

Catalan: feroçment (ca)
Galician: ferozmente (gl)
Latin: ferōciter (la)
Polish: brutalnie (pl), bestialsko (pl), okrutnie (pl)
Portuguese: ferozmente (pt)
Spanish: ferozmente (es)

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