vehemently
English
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]vehemently (comparative more vehemently, superlative most vehemently)
- 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.
- 1954 November, Frank Hewitt, “The First Decade of British 4-6-0 Locomotives—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 752:
- Critics were vehemently outspoken; but while they fretted about looks, they missed the cleverer points in the design itself.
- 1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 39:
- After all, you heard them accusing me at an earlier date and much more vehemently than these more recent accusers.
- 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- 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
[edit]in a vehement manner
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