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vehemently, adv.|ˈviːɪməntlɪ, ˈviːhɪ-|
[f. prec.]
1. To a very great extent; in a very high degree. Now rare.
a1513Fabyan Chron. vii. (1811) 460 In Fraunce this yere the people dyed..so vehemently that in the cytie of Parys dyed..ouer I.M. people. 1563T. Gale Antidot. ii. 18 This [unguent]..taketh awaye superfluous fleshe, and doth vehemently excicate and drie. 1586A. Day Eng. Secretary i. (1625) 46 Two onely that were the conveyers of him, sickned vehemently, and one of them died. 1658A. Fox Würtz' Surg. ii. iv. 56 Vomiting is not very dangerous..unless it hold the Patient vehemently. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. iv. 172 Whom Wickedness, the most extreme Evil, doth not only affect, but even vehemently infect. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Suppl. s.v. Womb, This tumour returned again, and..in three days it became vehemently enraged. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. ii. ii. (1872) I. 54 Preussen was a vehemently Heathen country.
b. Used with reference to suspicion: cf. prec. 5 a.
1533More Debell. Salem Wks. 981/1 Such thinges..as maketh him not slightly but very vehemently suspected. 1588J. Udall Demonstr. Discipline (Arb.) 76 One..that is vehemently suspected, to haue haynously offended. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 289 It will be very vehemently suspected that he is Antichrist indeed. 1684Lond. Gaz. No. 1938/4 He is vehemently suspected to be concerned in these Robberies and Burglaries following. 1821Southey Lett. (1856) III. 233 Mr. Wilson's letter..having led me vehemently to suspect that the document which impeached his character was an invention of his wife's.
2. a. With strong or violent language; in a manner showing strong feeling or excitement.
1545Brinklow Compl. xx. 42 Marke what, and how vehemently the Holy Gost speakyth here in the prophete. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 97 Polidore had no good opinion of king John, and therfore wryteth very vehemently against him in his History. 1612in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. I. 610 The Deputies of the Religion have very vehemently protested against these proceedings. 1665Glanvill Scepsis Sci. Addr. p. xi, Reckoning it a great instance of Piety and devout Zeal, vehemently to declaim against Reason and Philosophy. a1721Prior Cromwell & Porter 116 Wks. 1907 II. 265, I did actually fight in the field, Preached loudly in the Church, and talked vehemently in the Parliament. 1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. 1808 I. 60, I could shew how vehemently they have contended for names. 1839F. A. Kemble Resid. in Georgia (1863) 14 The slave-owners..insist vehemently upon the mental and physical inferiority of the blacks.
b. With strong or intense feeling; ardently, eagerly.
1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 329 Wherewith being wehemently moued,..he began more and more to be confirmed. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. 54 It was alwayes of me maruellous vehemently and earnestly desiered. 1642R. Carpenter Experience ii. iii. 141 Doe you think his heart is not vehemently prompted to Deifie his saint? 1682Burnet Rights Princes ii. 36 That they did vehemently, and out of all measure aspire to that Chair. Ibid. iv. 112 Against this, the Zeal of some Bishops appeared vehemently. 1753–4Richardson Grandison IV. vii. 54 For a week together she was vehemently intent upon visiting England. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. viii. 277 It requires a high degree of improbability to prevent the greater part of mankind from believing what they vehemently wish.
3. With violence or impetuosity.
1538Elyot, Perflo, to blowe vehemently or strongly. a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 312 Ane blast of eistrene winde..raissit the flame of fyre sa wehementlie that it blew wpoun the freir that accussit him. 1611Bible Luke vi. 48 When the flood arose, the streame beat vehemently vpon that house. 1666in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 257 The fire broke out vehemently again last night. a1796Waterhouse in Morse Amer. Geog. I. 500 We see the mineral water boiling vehemently like a pot over the fire. 1821W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 57 He was observed to smoke his pipe vehemently. |