Violently

4 definitions found

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

  Violently \Vi"o*lent*ly\, adv.
     In a violent manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  violently
       adv : in a violent manner; "they attacked violently" [ant: {nonviolently}]

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

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "violently":
     all to pieces, deliriously, demonically, desperately,
     destructively, distractedly, fanatically, fiercely, frantically,
     frenetically, frenziedly, furiously, hotly, like blazes, like fury,
     like mad, like one possessed, madly, rabidly, rigorously, severely,
     stormily, turbulently, uncontrollably, vehemently, venomously,
     virulently, wildly, with a vengeance
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  VIOLENTLY, pleading. This word was formerly supposed to be necessary in an 
  indictment, in order to charge a robbery from the person, but it has been 
  holden unnecessary. 2 East, P. C. 784; 1 Chit. Cr. Law, *244. The words 
  "feloniously and against the will," usually introduced in such indictments, 
  seem to be sufficient. It is usual also to aver a putting in fear, though 
  this does not seem to be requisite. Id.