All 3 Uses of
vehement
in
Middlemarch
- He vehemently contended for her innocence, and the remote impersonal passion for her beauty which he had felt before, had passed now into personal devotion, and tender thought of her lot.†
Chpt 2
- "There was a secret, then," he said at last, even vehemently.†
Chpt 2 *
- If her husband had been vehement against Fred, she would have been urged into defence of her darling.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(vehement) marked by extreme intensity -- especially emotion such as anger