Dictionary

feverishly en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ.li/ (UK)
• /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ.li/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English feverish Middle English -ly English -ly English feverishly From feverish + -ly.

Meanings

1. 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 engulfing the wider Middle East, officials told CNN. 2024 September 24, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Jennifer Hansler, “US officials work feverishly to stop Israel-Hezbollah confrontation ‘spiraling to a regional war’”, in CNN:
2. With great energy.
3. With speed; rapidly.
   • All the way to Styles, Mary talked fast and feverishly. It struck me that in some way she was nervous of Poirot’s eyes. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 148:
   • In the outer room the two women knitted black wool feverishly. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
   • With nothing else to do, he carried the candle to the front room and began feverishly filling his pipe. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 80:

Forms

Relateds

feverishness · feverish

Synonyms

speedily (with speed) · energetically (with excitement) · rapidly (with speed) · quickly (with speed) · excitedly (with excitement)

Translations (13)

ca febrilment (with excitement and determination) · es enfebrecidamente (with excitement and determination) · ru лихора́дочно (with excitement and determination) · ru возбуждённо (with excitement and determination) · fi vauhdilla (with speed; rapidly) · fi kuumeisesti (with excitement and determination) · fi kuumeisesti (with speed; rapidly) · es febrilmente (with excitement and determination) · fi nopeasti (with speed; rapidly) · de fieberhaft (with excitement and determination) · ru взволно́ванно (with excitement and determination) · pt febrilmente (with excitement and determination) · es afiebradamente (with excitement and determination)