hotly

adverb

hot·​ly ˈhät-lē 

: in a hot manner

a hotly contested series

Examples of hotly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Casting details about the next 007 have been hotly anticipated since Amazon MGM Studios acquired the iconic spy franchise in 2025. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2026

Biologists hotly debate whether the significant evolutionary changes that led to jawed vertebrates, from hagfish to humans, are connected by ancient gene duplications hundreds of millions of years ago. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, according to competing teams also using AI to make progress in the field, new superconductor discoveries are hotly anticipated today. — Alan Patterson, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Sep. 2026

Yet, Stella Lefty’s rise has been hotly debated — conversations about nepotism, originality, and TikTok’s influence on the music industry have taken over. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above