Meanings
comparative more violently · superlative most violently
- In a violent manner.
- To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely.
I found myself violently disagreeing with him.
2 more examples
Arthur started to choke violently on his drink.
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 112Those who believe in the blackpill tend to adopt violently misogynistic beliefs about the nature of women, particularly with regard to their sexual behaviour.
2023 January 28, Meg Roser, Charlotte Chalker and Tim Squirrell, “Spitting out the blackpill: Evaluating how incels present themselves in their own words on the incel Wiki”, in Institute for Strategic Dialogue, page 5
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a violent manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishviolently
- Englishviolently
From Middle English violently; equivalent to violent + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بِعُنْف
- بِعُنْف (bi-ʕunf)in a violent manner
Catalan violentament
- violentamentin a violent manner
Dutch gewelddadig
- gewelddadigin a violent manner
French violemment
- violemmentin a violent manner
German gewalttätig
- gewalttätigin a violent manner
Hungarian erőszakosan, hevesen
- erőszakosanin a violent manner
- hevesento an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely
- erőteljesento an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely
Icelandic ofsalega
- ofsalegain a violent manner
Italian violentamente
- violentamentein a violent manner
Portuguese violentamente
- violentamentein a violent manner
Romanian violent, cu violență
- violentin a violent manner
- cu violențăin a violent manner
Spanish violentamente, a lo bestia
- violentamentein a violent manner
- a lo bestiain a violent manner
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Cite this entry
violently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/violently
“violently.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/violently. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “violently,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/violently.
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