furiously

adv

Etymology: From Middle English furiously; equivalent to furious + -ly.

1. In a furious manner; angrily.

   “He glared furiously at the offender.”

   “Case in point, as Lichfield detailed on Twitter last week: Almost as soon as the "hipster effect" article was published, a man furiously emailed the magazine claiming a photo of him was slanderously used alongside it without his permission. He was, it turned out, mistaken.”

2. Quickly; frantically; with great effort or speed.

   “He tried furiously to get it to work before the deadline.”

   “Again we set to and bailed furiously. Fortunately the storm had now quite gone by[.]”

3. Intensely, as with embarrassment.

   “Craig, who at twenty was taller than his father, blushed furiously as he practically threw two small boxes on the table in front of the twins. “Happy birthday”, he managed.”