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violently en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/
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Etymology

From Middle English violently; equivalent to violent + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a violent manner.
  2. To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely.
    • I found myself violently disagreeing with him.
    • Arthur started to choke violently on his drink. 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 112:
    • Those who believe in the blackpill tend to adopt violently misogynistic beliefs about the nature of women, particularly with regard to their sexual behaviour. 2023 January 14, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 5:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most violently Degree=Sup lexicographic
more violently Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nonviolently

Translations (20)

enm violently (in a violent manner) · ar بِعُنْف (in a violent manner) · ro violent (in a violent manner) · arz بعنف (in a violent manner) · de gewalttätig (in a violent manner) · is ofsalega (in a violent manner) · gl violentamente (in a violent manner) · nl gewelddadig (in a violent manner) · es violentamente (in a violent manner) · fr violemment (in a violent manner) · hu erőteljesen (to an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely) · sa रभसा (in a violent manner) · it violentamente (in a violent manner) · hu hevesen (to an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely) · ro cu violență (in a violent manner) · pt violentamente (in a violent manner) · io violentoze (in a violent manner) · hu erőszakosan (in a violent manner) · es a lo bestia (in a violent manner) · ca violentament (in a violent manner)