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VIOLENTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a violent manner
Example:
they attacked violently
Classified under:
Antonym:
nonviolently (without violence)
Pertainym:
violent (acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity)
Context examples:
I turned to run, struck violently against one person, recoiled, and ran full into the arms of a second, who for his part closed upon and held me tight.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Why do you tremble so violently?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A voice, Here he is, sir! and an inoffensive little person in spectacles, struggling violently, was held up among a group of students.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Von Bork started violently, and his ruddy face turned a shade paler.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
'Thankee,' said the knight politely, as he took a pinch and sneezed seven times so violently that his head fell off.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
The night was stormy; the wind had been rising at intervals the whole afternoon; and by the time the party broke up, it blew and rained violently.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
He started violently and flushed to the temples.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He made a movement to disengage himself, but she clung more closely to him, shivering violently.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
In severe cases, teens who are bullied may feel they need to take drastic measures or react violently.
(Bullying, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
“Mr. Utterson, sir, asking to see you,” he called; and even as he did so, once more violently signed to the lawyer to give ear.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
