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violently, adv.|ˈvaɪələntlɪ|
[f. violent a. + -ly2.]
1. By means of physical strength or violence; by the exercise of improper or unlawful force; forcibly. Now Obs. or arch.
1382Wyclif Ezek. xxii. 29 Puplis of the loond..violentli rauysheden the nedi man, and tourmentiden the pore man. c1400Mandeville (1839) viii. 91 And there was oure Lord..scourged and smytten and vylently entreted. c1440Jacob's Well 16 Be þis artycle are þey vnderstonde acursyd þat stelyn or beryn violently out of holy cherche holy cherch good. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 254 How violently and without all..pite they racked that blessed body. 1535Coverdale Lev. v. 23 He shal restore agayne that he toke violently awaye, or gat wrongeously. 1582N. T. (Rhem.) John vi. Annotations, Not compelling or violently forcing any against their will. 1631Gouge God's Arrows ii. §7. 142 What is violently or fraudulently gotten, wilbe lavishly spent. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. i. 32 If thou hadst rather be thought to have been violently remov'd, thou hast done thyself this Injury. 1786Burke W. Hastings Wks. 1842 II. 108 After he had..unjustly and violently expelled the rajah Cheyt Sing..from his said lordship. 1823Scott Quentin D. xxxiii, To restore the banners of the community, which you took violently from the town.
b. With other than physical violence; in some illegal, unwarrantable, or improper manner.
1551T. Wilson Logike (1580) 16 Neither can any Lawe bee able, violently to force the inwarde thought of man. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 216 Luther was in dede condemned at Rome, but his cause not heard, violently and tyrannically. 1626Gouge Serm. Dignity Chivalry §1 The forenamed point, The Dignity of Chivalry, is not violently wrested, but properly ariseth out of my Text. 1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps iv. §18. 108 You will infect that form itself with the vulgarity of the thing to which you have violently attached it.
2. By or with great or extreme force, strength, or vigour; with impetuous or violent motion or action; so as to produce a violent effect.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 25 Þeyh al an oost stood by þe pond and torned þe face thiderward, þe water wolde drawe hem violentliche toward þe pond. a1400Morte Arth. 2571 With þe venymous swerde a vayne has he towchede! That voydes so violently þat alle his witte changede! a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 54 Som tyme a man is smytyn som party of þe legge violently without wondyng of þe skynne. Ibid. 65 Þis [remedy]..wirkeþ noȝt so violently as puluis sine pari for þe vertgrez þat entreþ not here. 1495Trevisa's Barth. De P.R. xi. xiii. (Caxton) 398 Though a bledder be lyghte yet it makyth grete noyse and sowne yf it be strongly blowen and afterwarde vyolently broken. c1535M. Nisbet Prol. Rom. (S.T.S.) III. 339 The greattest appetite ouircumis the less, and charyis the man avay vyolently with hir. 1595Locrine ii. v. 66 The currents swift swimme violently with blood. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 30/2 If the Arterye be greate, and violently beateth. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 351 The streame shooting violently ouer their heads without wetting them. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. v. xii. 69 At 10 deg. mounture, [the gun] carries the Bullet violently 248 Paces. 1711Budgell Spect. No. 161. ⁋3 An huge brawny Fellow, who twirled him about, and shook the little Man so violently, that [etc.]. 1750tr. Leonardus' Mirr. Stones 132 When it is kindled by fire, it rarifies, and is violently dilated. 1777R. Watson Philip II, xxi. (1839) 449 The ships were driven violently against each other. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xxvi, The bells rang violently through the house. 1857Miller Elem. Chem., Org. i. 48 The chlorinated derivatives of Dutch liquid are violently decomposed by potassium. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. xxvii. 211 The windows shook violently.
3. With great intensity or severity; to a high degree or pitch; intensely, severely.
14..Brut ii. 328 Grete..hetes, & þerewiþal a grete pestilens..destroyed & slow, violently & strongly, both men & wymmen without noumbre. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. i. 136 Lest soaking Show'rs shou'd pierce her secret Seat, Or scorching Suns too violently heat. 1724Lond. Gaz. No. 6306/2 The Small Pox are come out very violently on the Queen Widow. 1745Life Bamfylde-Moore Carew 34 Violently afflicted with the Sea-sickness. 1802Arab. Nts. (1815) II. 172 He wept most violently. 1842Thackeray Fitz-Boodle's Prof. Misc. Wks. 1857 IV. 6 The consequence was that I became so violently ill as to be reported intoxicated. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xiii. III. 351 The civil war..broke forth again more violently than before.
b. In intensive or emphatic use: To a very great or extreme degree or extent; very greatly, powerfully, or strongly.
1601Sir W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca (1631) 43 It is no charity to give so violently as to lay waste the maine of an estate. 1621Fletcher Isl. Princ. iii. i, I may be mad, or violently drunk. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India I. i. i. 3 This splendid fortune had violently attracted the attention of Europe. 1845Dickens Chimes i. ⁋1 A great multitude of persons will be violently astonished. 1869Eng. Mech. 19 Nov. 224/3 We see it [an ellipse] violently foreshortened.
4. Strongly, in respect of feeling; with deep feeling or emotion; ardently, passionately, vehemently.
1617Moryson Itin. iii. 55 My selfe weary of expecting companions, and violently carried with the desire to returne into my Countrey, did all alone..passe ouer the Alpes. 1682Norris Hierocles 35 Not violently agitated by our domestick passions. 1726Swift Gulliver ii. vi, He then desired to know..how it came to pass that people were so violently bent upon getting into this assembly. 1780Mirror No. 78, As I was not violently inclined towards literature. 1841Lane Arab. Nts. I. 90 Upon which the man..became violently enraged. 1906Lit. World 15 Nov. 492/1 Her work..throws her in contact with a fiery young idealist,..and she falls violently in love with him.
5. colloq. In a flashy or showy manner; ‘loudly’.
1782F. Burney Diary 15 Dec., She was violently dressed,—a large hoop,..ribands and ornaments extremely shown. |