Hotly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hotly \Hot"ly\, adv. [From {Hot}, a.]
     1. In a hot or fiery manner; ardently; vehemently; violently;
        hastily; as, a hotly pursued.
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     2. In a lustful manner; lustfully. --Dryden.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hotly
       adv : in a heated manner; "`To say I am behind the strike is so
             much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly"; "the
             children were arguing hotly" [syn: {heatedly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "hotly":
     ardently, demonically, desperately, doggedly, energetically,
     enthusiastically, fanatically, fervently, fervidly, feverishly,
     fiercely, frantically, frenetically, furiously, glowingly,
     heatedly, intensively, like mad, like one possessed, madly,
     passionately, persistently, severely, uncontrollably, violently,
     warmly, wildly, zealously