violently
Americanadverb
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in a way that involves uncontrolled or destructive force.
He struck the table violently with his clenched fist and shouted for more.
Dramatic video shows soldiers violently removing voters from polling stations.
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in an intense or extreme way.
He was violently ill after ten minutes, but soon recovered fully.
We were awoken early in the morning when the house began shaking violently.
Other Word Forms
- overviolently adverb
- quasi-violently adverb
- ultraviolently adverb
- unviolently adverb
Etymology
Origin of violently
Example Sentences
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However, after the collar levels reset next week, markets should react less violently to daily news.
From MarketWatch
The share price has whipsawed violently over the past several months.
From Barron's
They whirl, bounce, and collide within their confined space like loose change shaking violently in a machine, moving so quickly and unpredictably that standard scientific tools have struggled to track them.
From Science Daily
In a post on social media, he said Washington "knew nothing" about the Israeli attack on South Pars, saying it had "violently lashed out" in "anger".
From Barron's
Torak was so relieved that he would have laughed if his teeth hadn’t been chattering so violently.
From Literature
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