Origin
feverish + -ly
feverishly
adverb
Feverishly is defined as something done in a rapid manner.
When you work through the night, moving quickly to try to get a job done, this is an example of working feverishly.
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Sentence Examples
- Her head moved from side to side from habit, but her eyes, feverishly wide, looked fixedly before her.
- We would then work feverishly on them for months before selling them for slightly less than we had paid.
- The Athenians, irritated by the support which Artaxerxes had lately given to the revolt of their allies, and excited by rumours of his hostile preparations, were feverishly eager for a war with Persia.
- Only his eyes gleamed feverishly and his thoughts followed one another with extraordinary clearness and rapidity.
- He paced up and down a few times in silence, but his eyes glittered feverishly and his lips quivered as he began speaking.
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Words near feverishly in the dictionary
- feverishly
- feverishness
- feverless
- feverous