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Seventy-two pages of ornaments feature in the shop’s annual catalog, a newsprint booklet hotly anticipated by customers each year.—Carmen Rosy Hall, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2024 See: Miuccia Prada’s hotly coveted Miu Miu micro miniskirt , as well as the resurgence of ballet flats, Uggs and low-rise jeans.—Marissa Muller, WWD, 7 Dec. 2024 England is the reigning World Cup runner-up, so the matchup against the USWNT will be hotly contested and played at a high level on Saturday when the two international soccer giants meet.—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024 The loss to New York dropped the Nuggets into a tie with Phoenix for seventh place in the Western Conference, which has been hotly contested.—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hotly
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of hotly was
before the 12th century
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