Antonyms for violently

Grammar : Adv

Spell : vahy-uh-luh nt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvaɪ ə lənt

Definition of violently

Origin : mid-14c.; see violence. In Middle English the word also was applied in reference to heat, sunlight, smoke, etc., with the sense "having some quality so strongly as to produce a powerful effect." Related: Violently.

adv destructively
adv furiously

Example sentences :

The boy must be a young brute to turn upon you so violently.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

She pushed the lamp-post away from her violently, and found herself walking.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

She said this violently, but she let her clasped hands fall in discouragement.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I had conducted so much and so violently since; but I was not too old to remember Biddy's hood.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

She stopped, and trembled so violently that she was unable to speak.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

He took the out-stretched hand, grasped it violently, and went away.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

At this she sprang forward, terrified, and pulled him violently by his jacket.
Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola

He came up to Weiss and grasped him violently by the lapel of his coat.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

Then Jean seized him by the legs and pulled him violently to his place again.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

At each new effort the current swung us violently against the house.
Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for violently

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