adverb
definition
With great amounts of heat
definition
In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently
Examples of hotly in a Sentence
It was on all sides hotly attacked.
In 1762 he was appointed to a principal clerkship in the war office, where he formed an intimate friendship with Christopher D'Oyly, the secretary of state's deputy, whose dismissal from office in 1772 was hotly resented by "Junius"; and in the same year he married Miss Macrabie, the daughter of a retired London merchant.
But, at the last moment, the dread of another Muscovite invasion made them more pliable and, at a Polish diet held at Warsaw from November 1563 to June 1564, which the Lithuanians attended, the question of an absolute union was hotly debated.
The question has been hotly debated whether, in addition to these six grades, there be not a seventh answering in some degree to the tertiaries of the Franciscan and Dominican orders, but secretly affiliated to the Society and acting as its emissaries in various lay positions.
Of the guilt of the main conspirators there is no doubt, but the complicity of Mary Stuart has been hotly disputed.
As Whip the Master of Elibank earned high praise for his energy and tact; but he was somewhat unfortunately mixed up with the " Marconi Scandal " in connexion with Mr. Lloyd George and Sir Rufus Isaacs, as having invested part of the Liberal Party funds in American Marconi shares in which he, with them, was speculating - a transaction hotly debated in Parliament in 1913.
This action excited strong personal as well as political feeling, and his election was hotly contested, the second and.
By a natural recoil it produced licentiousness of conduct which the pastorals hotly denounce.
The right of a private company to make prizes was hotly contested in Holland, and denied by the stricter religionists, especially the Mennonites, who considered all war unlawful.
As the remarks on the nature of the spermatia show, the question of the sexuality of the lichens has been hotly disputed in common with that of the rest of the Ascomycetes.
This view was hotly contested by many workers and it was sought to explain the trichogyne - without much success - as a respiratory organ, or as a boring organ which made a way for the developing apothecium.
Strong political factions were instantly formed for and against military emancipation, and the government was hotly beset by antagonistic counsel.
The point of greatest weight in the establishment of the subsequent development, the supremacy in India of the priests, was still being hotly debated.
Champollion, whose claims were hotly disputed for many years after his death, is now universally acknowledged to have been the founder of Egyptology.
The war was hotly contested, for Sir Eyre Coote was now an old man, and the Mysore army was welldisciplined and equipped, and also skilfully handled by Hyder and his son Tippoo.
Reinforced by Phocian and Orchomenian troops and a Spartan army, he met the confederate forces at Coronea in Boeotia, and in a hotly contested battle was technically victorious, but the success was a barren one and he had to retire by way of Delphi to the Peloponnese.
From that time the question of the pleomorphism (mutability of shape) of the bacteria has been hotly discussed; but it is now generally agreed that, while a various forms of bacteria and the and their arrangement.
The conversion of the elector John Sigismund in 1613 to the Reformed (Calvinist) faith was hotly resented by the Berliners and led to bloody riots in the city.
He has nothing whatever to say of the incarnation, life, example, suffering or resurrection of Jesus, and does not interest himself in the doctrines of Christ's person, which were hotly debated up to this time.
He certainly set out for Rome from the south of Italy (where he remained as proconsul) at the bidding of the aristocratic party, when the city was threatened by Marius and Cinna, but he displayed little energy, and the engagement which he fought before the Colline gate, although hotly contested, was indecisive.
On the 25th of July, with General Winfield Scott, he fought a hotly contested, but indecisive, battle with the British under General Gordon Drummond (1 7 7 1-18 J4) at Lundy's Lane, where he was twice wounded.
Moreover, the very fact itself of the possibility of inheriting acquired moral characteristics is still hotly debated by those biologists with whom should rest the ultimate verdict.
Ridgeway, in his Origin and Influence of the Thoroughbred Horse (1905), reinvestigated the historical mystery as to the Arab breed, and its connexion with the English thoroughbred stock, but his conclusions have been hotly controverted; archaeology and biology are in fact still in the dark on the subject, but see the section on " Species " above.
The dispute raged hotly from 1239 to 1245.
In and around Edessa the theological strife raged hotly.'
Despite new releases from Oasis and Foo Fighters, Coldplay ' s ' X&Y ' is the most hotly anticipated release of 2005.
The teachers played the horses, pulling each chariot in hotly contested races.
Five new drivers joined the pack and Class B was the most hotly contended class.
The next instant I saw Black Dog in full flight, and the captain hotly pursuing, both with drawn cutlasses.
This has long been a hotly debated topic, especially in college sports.
Im pleased to see that Soups visual panache and intuitive website design has been recognized with an award in a hotly contended category.
Stella McCartney was close behind, the two were hotly pursued by a pack of panting photographers.
At least I remember I retorted hotly, crying out upon childish superstitions.
Blithely unaware of the adolescent need for masses of sleep and hotly competitive with other departments, I gave little thought to their concerns.
The granting of a reprieve was hotly resented by the people of Edinburgh, and on the night of the 7th of September 1736 an armed body of men in disguise broke into the prison, seized Porteous, and hanged him on a signpost in the street.
This latter practice, hotly denounced as idolatry during the iconoclastic controversy (see Iconoclasm), was finally established as orthodox by the second general council of Nicaea (787), which restored the worship of images.
It gained a notable victory when that pope, acting on his own authority, defined (1854) as of faith a doctrine which had been long and hotly discussed - the Immaculate or absolutely sinless Conception (deeper than mere sinlessness in act and life) of the Blessed Virgin.
Before supper, Prince Andrew, coming back to his father's study, found him disputing hotly with his visitor.
The countess' face flushed hotly, but she said nothing.
Auctions are a fantastic way to furnish your home for less, or to get some coveted pieces that are hotly sought after.
The origin of how bling bling came to be is a hotly debated topic.
An answer like that would have reflected her views while remaining neutral on a hotly debated subject.
Circumstances surrounding her death have been hotly debated, and many people believe that she was murdered.
Joining the launch of the wireless network is Mario Kart DS, a hotly anticipated game that features four-player Wi-Fi races and battles.
The true effects of this on the minds of gamers will be hotly debated for many years.
Can't decide if you'd prefer to walk into a brick and mortar store or to order a hotly anticipated new video game online through a website?
The announcement was certainly a long time coming, but we're finally going to get our hands on the hotly anticipated T-Mobile G1.
Form merges with function when you look at the first batch of Palm Pre fashion accessories to accompany the hotly anticipated smartphone to the market.
Determining face shapes is a topic that even top hair stylists debate hotly.
It was no different in the hotly contested presidential election of 2008.