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The word 'violently'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
violentlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8169
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of violently in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
tossan e baby violently up an doon, an e poor peedy t on page 57
m?" when id grunted again, so violently, at she looked doon intill id on page 60

2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
a gowd or siller cup and wis violently pit tae daith by being flung on page 3

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
e Ford Prefect that shuddered violently anytime the speedo went above
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
pit in a quilt, bit chitterin violently aa the same. Beatrice felt he
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Arthur’s Seat is aboot tae violently erupt yince maire. Bruce will
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
me, sir-" The Rabbit stairtit violently, drapped the white kid-gloves on page 18
e her face, an wis beatin her violently wae its wings. on page 52
" when it gruntit again, that violently she looked doon intae its fac on page 61

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™ ah’m woken by Joe fuckin violently shakin me. ‘That’s us her
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
chynged direction and jouked violently roond a corner. And they fell on page 139

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hur face, an was thumpin hur violently wi eets wings. on page 51
ng, she kept chuckin th bairn violently up an doon, an th pair wee hi on page 59
?" when eet grunted agin, sae violently, that she looked doon intae e on page 61

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e hir face, an wus baetin hir violently wi its wungs. on page 52
" whin it gruntet agane, that violently that shae skelliet doon it, i on page 61

2 matches

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