violently
part of speech
adverb (violently)
meaning for a pupil
1) In a way that uses strong physical force to hurt or damage: he pushed the door violently. tree →
2) Very strongly or suddenly: the ground shook violently. tree →
3) Very much, to an extreme degree: they disagreed violently; she was violently sick. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science it describes natural events (a volcano erupted violently, the sea rocked violently in the storm). In safety it describes dangerous behaviour to stay away from. In stories it signals sudden, powerful action or strong feelings. Phrases: shake violently, react violently, violently ill, violently opposed.
examples
- The volcano erupted violently and threw ash into the sky. tree →
- The boat rocked violently in the storm. tree →
- The dog shook violently after its bath. tree →
- Sodium reacts violently with water, so we only watch a video of it. tree →
- She was violently sick after eating bad prawns. tree →
- The two teams disagreed violently about the rules. tree →
- He slammed the gate violently and broke the latch. tree →
- The wind still blew violently on the coast. tree →
note
Adverb from the adjective violent; the noun is violence. It does not always mean someone is hurt: "shook violently" just means very hard. Stress on VI: VY-uh-lent-ly.
In the corpora
- "Met an untimely end" means died young or died violently.
- "Pacification" means violently crushing the people of a place until they stop resisting.
- And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.
- For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; he hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.
- There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «violently» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.