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violently

  • adverb
  • vi·o·lent·ly
  • /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/

In a violent manner.

Other meanings

  1. To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely.

    “I found myself violently disagreeing with him.”

Word history

From Middle English "violently".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “violently” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.