Both Uses of
vehement
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The young minister, on ceasing to speak had withdrawn a few steps from the group, and stood with his face partially concealed in the heavy folds of the window-curtain; while the shadow of his figure, which the sunlight cast upon the floor, was tremulous with the vehemence of his appeal.†
Chpt 8
- Yet, uttering his long-restrained emotions so vehemently as he did, his words here offered her the very point of circumstances in which to interpose what she came to say.†
Chpt 17 *
Definition:
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(vehement) marked by extreme intensity -- especially emotion such as anger