hotly

adverb

hot·​ly ˈhät-lē How to pronounce hotly (audio)
: in a hot manner
a hotly contested series

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Still, if these claims are anywhere close to accurate, Apple is playing to win in the hotly competitive mobile-SoC space. PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025 Its cookie drops — which occur on Monday mornings across the country — have become as hotly anticipated as new iPhone launches or Sabrina Carpenter’s latest surprise single. Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025 The combination of this visibility and the hotly contentious nature of the internet in 2025 mean that controversies involving streamers are regular, as is criticism being leveled at them. Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 But his claims to be a film producer are hotly contested. Jake Kanter, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotly

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hotly was before the 12th century

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“Hotly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hotly. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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