hotlyadverb
uk/ˈhɒt.li/us/ˈhɑːt.li/in an angry or excited way:
She hotly denied having taken the money.
closely and with determination:
He ran down the street, hotly pursued by two police officers.
a hotly contested election
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Angry and displeased
- acrimonious
- aggrieved
- amused
- annoyed
- apoplectic
- exasperated
- fed up
- fed up to the back teeth idiom
- fit to be tied idiom
- furious
- huff
- incandescent
- incense
- peeved
- pique
- pissed off
- rancour
- resentful
- scalp
- stormy
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic