Definitions
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- adverb Literally, in a manner that affects the
viscera orgut . - adverb In a
visceral manner; in a way that affects one'sinner core or produces overwhelmingemotions .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an unreasoning visceral manner
- adverb in the viscera
Etymologies
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Examples
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So Leaders Without a Title viscerally understand that hard conditions reveal a person.
The Leader Who Had No Title Robin Sharma 2010
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"Wendigo" opens with a fine-dining experience described in viscerally disorienting terms.
REVIEW: The Best Horror Of The Year, Volume 2 edited by Ellen Datlow 2010
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We have less trouble following Hamlet's dilemma viscerally or Romeo's or Tybalt or Huck Finn or Peter Pan -- I remember holding that sword up to Hook -- I felt like him.
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Okay, let’s flip back to page 261 for comics that interest me more viscerally, that is to say, comics that I’d actually like to buy.
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Okay, let’s flip back to page 261 for comics that interest me more viscerally, that is to say, comics that I’d actually like to buy.
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The material may be utterly demented and socially irresponsible, but Vaughn has delivered in KICK-ASS the most viscerally entertaining superhero movie since SPIDER-MAN 2 - and I can't emphasize "viscerally" enough because you will not walk out of this film debating the genre's troubling tendency toward vigilantism.
Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news. mrbeaks 2010
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I was resentful and averse, both viscerally and morally, to the rampant violence and of taking "justice" into one's own hands as well as the spectacle of public hangings.
Carol Smaldino: Examining Our Nation's True Grit: Can We Change Our Minds? Carol Smaldino 2011
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I was resentful and averse, both viscerally and morally, to the rampant violence and of taking "justice" into one's own hands as well as the spectacle of public hangings.
Carol Smaldino: Examining Our Nation's True Grit: Can We Change Our Minds? Carol Smaldino 2011
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… I just responded really emotionally, just viscerally, to a few moments in the script, like just had a little sob come out of me.
A Director Reveals His Motivation Ellen Gamerman 2012
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They are poignant and bring home viscerally the heartbreak that this separation brings.
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