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hotliest

hotliest is the superlative form of hotly.

Meaning of hotly

Adverb

hotly (comparative more hotly, superlative most hotly)

  1. With great amounts of heat.
  2. In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently.
    • In my excitement I had not been taking notice of other things, and I looked up to see the lord of the harem charging down upon me. Again I fled to the boat, hotly pursued; but this time Maud made no suggestion of turning back.1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC

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What is hotliest the superlative form of?
Hotliest is the superlative form of hotly.

Words near hotliest in the dictionary

  1. hotkeying
  2. hotkeys
  3. Hotlanta
  4. hotlapping
  5. hotlier
  6. hotliest
  7. hotline
  8. hotlined
  9. hotliner
  10. hotliners
  11. hotlines

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