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violently

/ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/ adverb B1
  1. In a violent manner.
  2. To an intense degree; extremely; strongly; intensely. · I found myself violently disagreeing with him.
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She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 36 · B2
While the Duchess sang the second verse of the song, she kept tossing the baby violently up and down, and the poor little thing howled so, that Alice could hardly hear the words:—
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 43 · B2
Alice was just beginning to think to herself, “Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home?” when it grunted again, so violently, that she looked down into its face in some alarm.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 45 · B2
It does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of independent fortune to think no more of a girl whom he was violently in love with only a few days before.”
Pride and Prejudice, p. 163 · B2

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