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Vehemently

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ve·he·ment  (v-mnt)
adj.
1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid: a vehement denial. See Synonyms at intense.
2. Marked by or full of vigor or energy; strong: a vehement storm.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vehemns, vehement-, perhaps from vehere, to carry; see wegh- in Indo-European roots.]
vehe·mence, vehe·men·cy n.
vehe·ment·ly adv.
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Adv.1.Vehementlyvehemently - in a vehement manner; "he vehemently denied the accusations against him"


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Warming with the theme, and inflating themselves with their own eulogies, these magnanimous heroes of the trencher would start up, advance a short distance beyond the light of the fire, and apostrophize most vehemently their Blackfeet enemies, as though they had been within hearing.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
It has been objected that he is a woman-hater; and as this objection has been vehemently urged by those whom Nature's decree has constituted the somewhat larger half of the Spaceland race, I should like to remove it, so far as I can honestly do so.
Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context
There was nothing in her to remind you that she had so vehemently struggled against her husband's wish to bring Strickland to the studio.
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