feverishly

feverishly
adverb
feverishly adverb (ILL)
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in a way that is caused by a high body temperature:
She lay on the bed sweating feverishly.
His head throbbed feverishly.
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He could feel his mind racing feverishly.
She pushed her hair feverishly from her forehead.
His eyes burned feverishly.
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feverishly adverb (EXCITED/ACTIVE)
 
in an unnaturally excited or active way:
work feverishly Airport employees worked feverishly to handle the unexpected traffic.
She spent much of her time writing feverishly in a notebook.
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(Definition of feverishly from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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feverishly
adverb

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very actively or with great excitement:
Doctors and nurses worked feverishly to save his life.
(Definition of feverishly from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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Feverishly and at great expense forts were erected, warships were built, and the frontier was strengthened.
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We are not the only nation that is rearming; nearly all great nations are feverishly rearming.
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He is prepared almost feverishly to watch for these examples of a useless waste of money.
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Most local forces are below strength and are trying feverishly to attain the nationally fixed establishment.
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It increased the incidence of the problem because the threatened shopkeepers feverishly searched for alternative premises where none could be found.
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We see countries arming themselves feverishly with all the most terrible equipment that modem science can provide.
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That purpose has been feverishly speeded up during the last few months.
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These feverishly high prices are not only an opportunity for immediate profiteering.
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The whole world is feverishly re-arming, and last year we were told that the world spent more than ;2,400,000,000 on preparations for war.
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The media are always feverishly searching for grievances so that these can be ventilated on the radio or television.
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It may have been talked about, but preparations were not made because we are feverishly making them now.
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Does he further realise that the agitation that is being feverishly worked up is becoming a really urgent matter and becoming daily more dangerous to public order?
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If my remarks about a debate on the coal industry are to be regarded as provocative, there must be an army of people looking feverishly for provocation.
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I am sure that the borough treasurers are now working feverishly with slide rules and pocket calculators, and in due course we shall know the result of their labours.
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A true albino betta has been feverishly sought since one recorded appearance in 1927, and another in 1953.
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