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hotly

 adverb
     
hot‧ly
1 in an excited or angry way
hotly debated/disputed/denied etc
The rumor has been hotly denied.
2 done with a lot of energy and effort:
one of the most hotly contested congressional elections
The man ran out of the store, hotly pursued (=chased closely) by security guards.
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