Standard Lemma guide

feverishly

adv · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈfiː.və.ɹɪʃ.li/
  • US: /ˈfi.vɚ.ɪʃ.li/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F EH1 V ER0 IH2 SH L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

With excitement and determination.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

adv

Meaning 2

With great energy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

adv

Meaning 3

With speed; rapidly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

adverb

Meaning 4

in a feverish manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she worked feverishly

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: febrilment — with excitement and determination
  • Finnish: kuumeisesti — with excitement and determination
  • German: fieberhaft — with excitement and determination
  • Portuguese: febrilmente — with excitement and determination
  • Russian: лихора́дочно (lixorádočno) — with excitement and determination
  • Russian: возбуждённо (vozbuždjónno) — with excitement and determination
  • Russian: взволно́ванно (vzvolnóvanno) — with excitement and determination
  • Spanish: febrilmente — with excitement and determination
  • Spanish: afiebradamente — with excitement and determination
  • Spanish: enfebrecidamente — with excitement and determination
  • Finnish: vauhdilla — with speed; rapidly
  • Finnish: kuumeisesti — with speed; rapidly
  • Finnish: nopeasti — with speed; rapidly