Definition of violently in English:
violently
adverb ˈvʌɪələntliˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli
1Using physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
I was once violently assaulted on a bus
protesters clashed violently with the police
Example sentencesExamples
- He claimed that it was a part of a larger strategy to expel them violently from areas to be farmed by colonists.
- He stubbornly goes forth armed with only his ideals as his men are violently cut down by enemy fire.
- He drives a taxi because he cannot sleep, but his nightly runs through the city's dirtiest neighbourhoods compel him to act violently.
- There are consequences when he deals with things violently, and he lies frequently because his every misguided placement of trust is betrayed.
- Romance ends abruptly and violently when she kills Jeff's partner.
2In a very strong or vigorous manner.
the aircraft began violently shaking
Example sentencesExamples
- When the pressure is released, the juice begins to boil violently and the lime is added.
- Examples from the artist's "Torn Map" series at first look like scraps of paper violently ripped from a whole.
- The ballet was violently booed at its premiere in 1913.
- She spits violently at her reflection.
- The song has a stormy quality that lends itself to images of waves crashing violently against rocky shorelines.
- 2.1 To a very great degree; intensely.
I found myself violently disagreeing with him
as submodifier he woke up feeling violently ill
Example sentencesExamples
- During this time, his paintings were brightly coloured abstracts executed with violently expressive brushwork.
- The work is violently powerful, its overriding message being the oppression of the Mexican lower classes.
- Initially, the group was moderately enthusiastic about the idea of popular architecture—or at least not violently opposed to it.
- The border is echoed in the conglomeration of baroque forms that violently jut in from the bottom left.
- In the mid-distance a cottage is burning, as smoke violently billows and fumes.
Definition of violently in US English:
violently
adverbˈvī(ə)ləntlēˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli
1Using physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.
I was once violently assaulted on a bus
protesters clashed violently with the police
Example sentencesExamples
- Romance ends abruptly and violently when she kills Jeff's partner.
- He drives a taxi because he cannot sleep, but his nightly runs through the city's dirtiest neighbourhoods compel him to act violently.
- He claimed that it was a part of a larger strategy to expel them violently from areas to be farmed by colonists.
- There are consequences when he deals with things violently, and he lies frequently because his every misguided placement of trust is betrayed.
- He stubbornly goes forth armed with only his ideals as his men are violently cut down by enemy fire.
2In a very strong or vigorous manner.
the aircraft began violently shaking
Example sentencesExamples
- Examples from the artist's "Torn Map" series at first look like scraps of paper violently ripped from a whole.
- The song has a stormy quality that lends itself to images of waves crashing violently against rocky shorelines.
- The ballet was violently booed at its premiere in 1913.
- When the pressure is released, the juice begins to boil violently and the lime is added.
- She spits violently at her reflection.
- 2.1 To a very great degree; intensely.
I found myself violently disagreeing with him
as submodifier he woke up feeling violently ill
Example sentencesExamples
- The work is violently powerful, its overriding message being the oppression of the Mexican lower classes.
- Initially, the group was moderately enthusiastic about the idea of popular architecture—or at least not violently opposed to it.
- During this time, his paintings were brightly coloured abstracts executed with violently expressive brushwork.
- In the mid-distance a cottage is burning, as smoke violently billows and fumes.
- The border is echoed in the conglomeration of baroque forms that violently jut in from the bottom left.