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hotly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial hotly has 1 sense
- hotly(r = adv.all) heatedly - in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the children were arguing hotly"
CIDE DICTIONARY
- In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently; hastily; as, a hotly pursued. [1913 Webster]
- In a lustful manner; lustfully. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
hotly
ardently, demonically, desperately, doggedly, energetically, enthusiastically, fanatically, fervently, fervidly, feverishly, fiercely, frantically, frenetically, furiously, glowingly, heatedly, intensively, like mad, like one possessed, madly, passionately, persistently, severely, uncontrollably, violently, warmly, wildly, zealously
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