Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - violently

adverb  see violent VIOLET  noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e, diminutive of viole ~, from Latin viola  Date: 14th century  1.  a. any of a genus (Viola of the family Violaceae, the ~ family) of chiefly herbs with alternate stipulate leaves and showy flowers in spring and often cleistogamous flowers in summer; especially one with smaller usually solid-colored flowers as distinguished from the usually larger-flowered violas and pansies  b. any of several plants of genera other than that of the ~ — compare dogtooth ~  2. any of a group of colors of reddish-blue hue, low lightness, and medium saturation