ferociously

1. 1.

   in a physically fierce manner

   “silence broken by dogs barking ferociously”

   “they fought fiercely”

   Synonymsfiercely

Questions about ferociously

What does ferociously mean?

ferociously means "in a physically fierce manner".

How many syllables are in ferociously?

ferociously has 4 syllables: fe-ro-ciou-sly. The stress falls on "ro". In IPA it is /fɚˈoʊʃɪsli/.

What is another word for ferociously?

Close synonyms include fiercely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ferociously a common word?

ferociously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.