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Synonyms for feverishly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : fee-ver-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfi vər ɪʃ

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Définition of feverishly

Origin :
  • late 14c., "causing fever;" 1630s, "excited;" 1640s, "having symptoms of fever," from fever + -ish. Earlier in same sense was feverous (late 14c.). Related: Feverishly; feverishness.
  • As in excitedly : adv agitatedly
  • As in rashly : adv brashly
Example sentences :
  • They had talked afterward so feverishly, as if to forget their situation.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • And oh, so feverishly happy, except that waiting is hard, so hard.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • "I have made all my arrangements," he continued, feverishly.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • "I am not a man who can live two lives," he went on feverishly.
  • Extract from : « Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel Organ » by Willa Cather and Alfred Noyes
  • She clung to it feverishly as she had never clung to it before.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • It was surely groping after something, eagerly, feverishly, yet blindly.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • And, while his hands explored it feverishly, the metal moved!
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • He seized the envelopes, threw them on the table, and searched among them feverishly.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • She could indeed, for she repeated the word—fiercely, feverishly.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • Feverishly, he looked them over for one in her dear handwriting.
  • Extract from : « 'Smiles' » by Eliot H. Robinson
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