Hotly
['hɑtli]
Definition
(a.) In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued.
(a.) In a lustful manner; lustfully.
Checker: Roy
Examples
- Rather hotly put--but well worth considering for all that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Tucked away out of sight, I dare say, thought Jo, who could forgive her own wrongs, but hotly resented any insult offered her family. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- This did not make the night's adventure run any less hotly in Mr Dorrit's mind, either when he sat down by his fire again, or when he went to bed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- War rages yet with the audacious Boythorn, though at uncertain intervals, and now hotly, and now coolly, flickering like an unsteady fire. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I can keep it up, and hotly too. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She went to his room, hotly, violently in love with him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They appealed to me, as hotly as a couple of boys. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Checker: Roy