feverishly

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feverishly

/ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ.li/ UK
/ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ.li/ US

adverb more feverishly · most feverishly

In a manner indicating a fever (high temperature). At last he came to the poor house and looked in. The boy was tossing feverishly on his bed, and the mother had fallen asleep, she was so tired.
With excitement and determination. The US believes Israel has significantly weakened Hezbollah in strikes over the last week but is still working feverishly behind the scenes to try to convince it not to escalate further and launch a ground incursion into Lebanon over concerns the intensified fighting could spark a broader conflict e
Similar: energetically, excitedly
With great energy.
With speed; rapidly. In the outer room the two women knitted black wool feverishly.
Similar: quickly, rapidly, speedily

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adv with excitement and determination

Español	febrilmente, afiebradamente, enfebrecidamente
Português	febrilmente
Deutsch	fieberhaft
Русский	лихора́дочно lixorádočno, возбуждённо vozbuždjónno, взволно́ванно vzvolnóvanno

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@misc{feverishly_2026,
  title = {feverishly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/feverishly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}