violently

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Violently ill, they have had to be belted into their seats.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2010

Violently averse to "The Trusts" Mr. Mitchell liked to heckle J. P. Morgan Sr. and John D. Rockefeller Sr. The latter he depicted as a sniveling psalm-singing hypocrite.

From Time Magazine Archive

Violently opposed to all forms of gambling, the silver-haired Judge banned W. D. Cox, owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, from baseball for life because Cox bet on his own team.

From Time Magazine Archive

I love Bjork, but there are only so many times I can hear Violently Happy in half an hour.

From Time Magazine Archive

Violently agitated, the curtains grasped in my hand, I stood prepared to make my spring.

From The Tower of Oblivion by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]