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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Fiery \Fi"er*y\ (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
     1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the
        fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
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              And fiery billows roll below.         --I. Watts.
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     2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
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              Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
                                                    --Shak.
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              The fiery spirit of his forefathers.  --W. Irwing.
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     3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
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              You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.
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     4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
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              One curbed the fiery steed.           --Dryden.
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     5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched;
        feverish. --Pope.
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              The sword which is made fiery.        --Hooker.
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     Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and
        pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland
        borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up
        arms. --Sir W. Scott.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Fiery \Fi"er*y\ (? or ?), a. [Formerly written firy, fr. fire.]
     1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the
        fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
  
              And fiery billows roll below.         --I. Watts.
  
     2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
  
              Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?
                                                    --Shak.
  
              The fiery spirit of his forefathers.  --W. Irwing.
  
     3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
  
              You know the fiery quality of the duke. --Shak.
  
     4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
  
              One curbed the fiery steed.           --Dryden.
  
     5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched;
        feverish. --Pope.
  
              The sword which is made fiery.        --Hooker.
  
     Fiery cross, a cross constructed of two firebrands, and
        pitched upon the point of a spear; formerly in Scotland
        borne by a runner as a signal for the clan to take up
        arms. --Sir W. Scott.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  fiery
       adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
              lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
              change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
              "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
              ardent, burning(a), fervent, fervid, impassioned,
               perfervid, torrid]
       2: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery
          desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere" [syn: igneous]
       3: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn: flaming]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fiery
     a.
     1 Of or relating to fire.
     2 burning or glowing.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  fiery
     a.
     1 Of or relating to fire.
     2 burning or glowing.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  fiery
     a.
     1 Of or relating to fire.
     2 burning or glowing.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  fiery
     a.
     1 Of or relating to fire.
     2 burning or glowing.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  fiery
     Englanti a.
     1 tulinen, palava, leimuava, hehkuva
     2 kiivasluonteinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Fiery /fˈaɪəɹi/
  ناري

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  fiery //ˈfaɪəɹi// 
  1. горя́щ, пламтя́щ
  burning or glowing
  2. огненочерве́н
  having the colour of fire
  3. горе́щ, пла́мнал
  hot or inflamed
  4. запали́м
  inflammable or easily ignited
  5. о́гнен
  of, or relating to fire
  6. пла́менен, стра́стен
  spirited or filled with emotion
  7. бу́ен
  tempestuous or emotionally volatile