Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In a violent manner; by violence; by force; forcibly; vehemently; outrageously.
Wiktionary
- adv. In a violent manner.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adv. In a violent manner.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. in a violent manner
Examples
“He saw two more taken violently from the country that loved them.”
“I heard one of my crewmen scream as the Helicopter began to spin violently and shake.”
“When the Northlanders swing their sword and ax, it's with bold, dark strokes that fill the panels with energy, sometimes breaking violently from the borders.”
“It rocked violently from the impact of his body, but she was full up on her knees and swinging the whip.”
“To remove 10-12 million people from US territory non-violently is not feasible and if attempted would be a crime against humanity.”
Thoughts on Immigration, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“In January, a report by the World Health Organization and the Iraqi government estimated that 151,000 might have died violently from the war's start through June 2006.”
“Wordsworth's Beau Monde reviewer, by contrast, is clearly made nervous by the poem's "Jacobin" implication that the poor would be justified in violently seizing their rights, or having rights seized on their behalf. close window”
Notes on 'Captivation and Liberty in Wordsworth's Poems on Music'
“Reposed possessed girl flails up to begin violently thrashing front to back side to side to swirl & contortatop the bed.”
“What offends me violently is when a character is represented as a Good and Upright and Virtuous Hero, when almost his every act betrays him as a villain of the most heinous kind.”
“That the body was shaken violently is confirmed by a short clip of video (published here), which shows "Green Helmet" virtually throwing it into the air, a gesture which accords with some witnesses 'accounts of it being a gesture of "defiance and despair".”
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Adverbia
A long list of adverbs, beginning with full-drive. Someone has to list them.
Read some sniping and some informative commentary about adverbs here.
Reesetee's list Conjunctive Adv...full-drive, portentously, unlawfully, legally, heterogeneously, consumingly, clancularly, inconsolably, prepositionally, retrogressively, symptomatically, decrepitly and 2243 more...

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