something fierce in English

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        "To an extreme extent; badly, violently."
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        "(degree, colloquial) To an extreme extent; badly, violently."
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  "word": "something fierce"
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      "expansion": "something fierce (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
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  "pos": "adv",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "something awful"
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    {
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    },
    {
      "word": "something good"
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To an extreme extent; badly, violently."
      ],
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          "badly",
          "badly"
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        "(degree, colloquial) To an extreme extent; badly, violently."
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  "word": "something fierce"
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"something fierce" meaning in English

Adverb