vehemently

vehemently

English

Etymology

From vehement +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviː.ə.məntli/

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• Hyphenation: ve‧he‧ment‧ly

Adverb

vehemently (comparative more vehemently, superlative most vehemently)

1. In a vehement manner; expressing with a strong or forceful attitude.

   vehemently opposed

   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 50:

     The Rabbis adjured her to endow the young man with his former virility, but she vehemently refused to do so.

   • 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport‎:

     And it was a miserable afternoon for Chelsea and England captain John Terry at the end of a week in which has he faced allegations of racial abuse against QPR's Anton Ferdinand - claims he vehemently denies.

Translations

in a vehement manner

Bulgarian: страстно (bg) (strastno), буйно (bg) (bujno) Catalan: vehementment (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 严肃地 Estonian: jõuliselt Galician: vehementemente (gl) Greek: Ancient: σφοδρῶς (sphodrôs) Italian: veementemente, energeticamente Latin: ācriter (la) Portuguese: veementemente Romanian: vehement (ro), cu vehemență Russian: горячо́ (ru) (gorjačó), рьяно (ru) (rʹjano) Spanish: vehementemente