vehemently
adv/ˈviː.ə.məntli/
Etymology From vehement + -ly.
1
In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude.
- vehemently opposed
- The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 50:
3 more examples
- Critics were vehemently outspoken; but while they fretted about looks, they missed the cleverer points in the design itself.1954 November, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 752:
- After all, you heard them accusing me at an earlier date and much more vehemently than these more recent accusers.1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 39:
- And it was a miserable afternoon for Chelsea and England captain John Terry at the end of a week in which has he faced allegations of racial abuse against QPR's Anton Ferdinand - claims he vehemently denies.2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport: