Antonyms for violently


Grammar : Adv
Spell : vahy-uh-luh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvaɪ ə lənt


Definition of violently

Origin :
  • mid-14c.; see violence. In Middle English the word also was applied in reference to heat, sunlight, smoke, etc., with the sense "having some quality so strongly as to produce a powerful effect." Related: Violently.
  • adv destructively
  • adv furiously
Example sentences :
  • The boy must be a young brute to turn upon you so violently.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • She pushed the lamp-post away from her violently, and found herself walking.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • She said this violently, but she let her clasped hands fall in discouragement.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I had conducted so much and so violently since; but I was not too old to remember Biddy's hood.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • She stopped, and trembled so violently that she was unable to speak.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • He took the out-stretched hand, grasped it violently, and went away.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • At this she sprang forward, terrified, and pulled him violently by his jacket.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • He came up to Weiss and grasped him violently by the lapel of his coat.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Then Jean seized him by the legs and pulled him violently to his place again.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • At each new effort the current swung us violently against the house.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for violently

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