hotly
adverb
hot·ly ˈhät-lē 
: in a hot manner
a hotly contested series
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The Seminoles and Tigers obviously faced off in the Rose Bowl for the BCS national championship at the end of the 2013 season, but there was a time not so long ago that this was a high-profile (and hotly contested) regular-season series. 
Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2022 Both Cop City and Hollywood Dystopia have been hotly contested at every stage of development. Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022 For the first time since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois students will soon begin a new school year in which hotly contested virus-mitigation mandates, including masking, have become relegated to the history books — at least for now. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 The wives’ claim of immunity has been hotly contested by prosecutors, and the bid to dismiss the charges is widely regarded as a legal long shot. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2022 One of this year’s most hotly anticipated RSD releases, due to it already having been released and then very quickly pulled as a streaming-only release at the close of 2021, undoubtedly for the purpose of 50-year copyright recertification purposes. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2022 Here are the 15 most hotly anticipated albums dropping this spring. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2022 Now, in a week packed with public offerings, the Freshbook IPO is the most hotly anticipated, having raised $1.03 billion and joining Nasdaq on Wednesday with a $10.13 billion valuation. Aayushi Pratap, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021 The show was among the most hotly anticipated of the year, in no small part due to its timelines in the wake of the #MeToo movement and Lewinsky’s close involvement with the series as a producer. Vogue, 9 Sep. 2021 See More
Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2022 Both Cop City and Hollywood Dystopia have been hotly contested at every stage of development. Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022 For the first time since the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, Illinois students will soon begin a new school year in which hotly contested virus-mitigation mandates, including masking, have become relegated to the history books — at least for now. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022 The wives’ claim of immunity has been hotly contested by prosecutors, and the bid to dismiss the charges is widely regarded as a legal long shot. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2022 One of this year’s most hotly anticipated RSD releases, due to it already having been released and then very quickly pulled as a streaming-only release at the close of 2021, undoubtedly for the purpose of 50-year copyright recertification purposes. Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Apr. 2022 Here are the 15 most hotly anticipated albums dropping this spring. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2022 Now, in a week packed with public offerings, the Freshbook IPO is the most hotly anticipated, having raised $1.03 billion and joining Nasdaq on Wednesday with a $10.13 billion valuation. Aayushi Pratap, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021 The show was among the most hotly anticipated of the year, in no small part due to its timelines in the wake of the #MeToo movement and Lewinsky’s close involvement with the series as a producer. Vogue, 9 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above