virulently

1. 1.

   in a virulent manner

   “an old woman advanced a few paces to shake her fist virulently in my face”

Questions about virulently

What does virulently mean?

virulently means "in a virulent manner".

How many syllables are in virulently?

virulently has 4 syllables: vir-u-lent-ly. The stress falls on "vir". In IPA it is /ˈvɪɹələntli/.

Is virulently a common word?

virulently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.