hotly

1. 1.

   in a heated manner

   “`To say I am behind the strike is so much nonsense,' declared Mr Harvey heatedly”

   “the children were arguing hotly”

   Synonymsheatedly

Questions about hotly

What does hotly mean?

hotly means "in a heated manner".

How many syllables are in hotly?

hotly has 2 syllables: hot-ly. The stress falls on "hot". In IPA it is /ˈhɑtli/.

What is another word for hotly?

Close synonyms include heatedly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hotly a common word?

hotly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.