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warmly

Syllables: warm·lyUK/ˈwɔːmli//ˈwɔɹmli/

warmly adverb: in a manner that maintains warm temperature.

Adverb

warmly (comparative warmlier or more warmly, superlative warmliest or most warmly)

  1. In a manner that maintains warm temperature.
    • Be sure to dress warmly today!
    • When praying in winter — and the winter in Regensburg was very cold — one should not shorten the prayers. He who is not warmly dressed, should go home.2024, David Golinkin, “Should the cantor pray slowly or shorten the service?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 8
  2. In a warm, friendly manner.
    • I said so - I said so warmly, for I felt that the Professor was an ill-used man.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  3. (dated) With emotion, especially some anger; somewhat hotly.
    • One evening in particular, about a week after Colonel Brandon left the country, his heart seemed more than usually open to every feeling of attachment to the objects around him; and on Mrs. Dashwood’s happening to mention her design of improving the cottage in the spring, he warmly opposed every...1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 166
    • Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her. This was too much. “You are mistaken, Elinor,” said she warmly, “in supposing I know very little of Willoughby."1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 135

warmly meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

warmly in Marathi

उबदारपणे

warmly in Urdu

گرم دلی سے, پرتپاکی سے

warmly in Bengali

উষ্ণভাবে

warmly in Malayalam

ചൂടോടെ, തീക്ഷ്ണതയോടെ, സസ്നേഹം, സോത്സാഹം
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warmly in Nepali
गर्मजोशीपूर्वक

Examples of warmly in a sentence

  • Dashwood’s happening to mention her design of improving the cottage in the spring, he warmly opposed every alteration of a place which affection had established as perfect with him.1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas]...
  • "So you let the German spy slip through your fingers after all," protested Mr Carlyle warmly.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...

All 29 example sentences with warmly

Forms of warmly

comparativewarmlier
comparativemore warmly
superlativewarmliest
superlativemost warmly

Origin of warmly

From warm + -ly.

Questions about warmly

What does warmly mean?
Warmly means in a manner that maintains warm temperature.
What is warmly in Marathi?
Warmly in Marathi is उबदारपणे. See Warmly meaning in Marathi.
How do you use warmly in a sentence?
Dashwood’s happening to mention her design of improving the cottage in the spring, he warmly opposed every alteration of a place which affection had established as perfect with him.
What part of speech is warmly?
Warmly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce warmly?
Warmly is pronounced /ˈwɔɹmli/ (US).

Words near warmly in the dictionary

  1. warmliest
  2. warmline
  3. warmlines
  4. warmlist
  5. warmlists
  6. warmly
  7. warmness
  8. warmnesses
  9. warmonger
  10. warmongered
  11. warmongerer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: warmly (page history and authors); warmly (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warmly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warmly (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); warmly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); warmly (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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