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hotly

The English word “hotly” has 2 meanings listed here.

adverb

  1. With great amounts of heat.
  2. In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently.

Etymology

From Middle English *hotly, *hatliche, from Old English hātlīċe (“ardently, fervently”); equivalent to hot + -ly.

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