violently
in a violent manner
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,888 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,712 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adverb
- in a violent manner they attacked violently
violently in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Lenox started so violently that the pipe dropped from his hand.
The great amulet · Maud Diver · Chapter 1
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But Mme. Favoral had scarcely helped the soup, when the bell rang violently.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Violently pushing her chair in place, she departed, after thrusting her music into a folder.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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She shook her hand violently, and uttered a cry that brought her brother to her in a moment.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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Their hands are paralysed; they perish violently; they are choked by fish-bones; they are struck by lightning, and their chariots are broken.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1