hotly
/hˈɑtli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.93 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently.
Example Sentences
- "In my excitement I had not been taking notice of other things, and I looked up to see the lord of the harem charging down upon me. Again I fled to the boat, hotly pursued; but this time Maud made no suggestion of turning back."
- ""You are really intolerable!" said I, hotly."
- "It is interesting that this argument should have come up at this moment," Mr. Smith adds, "when the subject is being debated so hotly in the field of the petrol-driven internal combustion engine.""
- "The prospective staff redundancy that would ensue from adoption of the plan is, of course, one of the hotly controversial aspects of the proposals and the chief issue on which a three-day N.U.R. strike was threatened for May 14-16, a few days after this issue went to press."
Etymology
From Middle English *hotly, *hatliche, from Old English hātlīċe (“ardently, fervently”); equivalent to hot + -ly.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more hotly (comparative)
most hotly (superlative)