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  • adverb In a torrid manner.

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Examples

  • He longed for the warmth of the sun, just for now, because he well knew that in an hour or so would be the beginning of a torridly hot day.

    Working Title: "Third Persons" Glenn Klopfenstein 2011

  • On one promontory a slant of sunshine blazed torridly, on another, scarcely a mile away, a squall was bursting in furious downpour of driving rain.

    THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

  • He bought her a cat and after carrying on together torridly for months the girl began to slip into a kind of madness.

    The Forgetting Room 7-8 2010

  • On the walk to my car in a faraway lot Hulk drops in with a torridly beautiful woman on his shoulder.

    His Ears, His Belly-Button, My Shoes Greg Gerke 2009

  • But unless they're on a cruise they usually scorn the torridly elegant sounds at their southern doorstep -- as if Latin America's very proximity rendered its music vulgar to gringo ear.

    Crossover Dreamers 2008

  • Wall Street grew again so torridly that it didn't care about higher taxes.

    New York Is Headed for Dark Days Unless Bloomberg Changes Course 2008

  • While Ciara moans in unison with a torridly hackneyed sample, Ludacris occasionally chimes in to talk about how they've just made another hit.

    ocean to ocean 2005

  • I remember passing by the cellars on a torridly hot afternoon in July, only to see the newly bottled vintage stacked up outside the cellars, roasting in the relentless sunshine.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • I remember passing by the cellars on a torridly hot afternoon in July, only to see the newly bottled vintage stacked up outside the cellars, roasting in the relentless sunshine.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • While Ciara moans in unison with a torridly hackneyed sample, Ludacris occasionally chimes in to talk about how they've just made another hit.

    and shut up about your CARS already 2005

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