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Keep "hornily" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "hornily" intact in the sentence you are editing.
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
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Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
After choosing a replacement for "hornily", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "hornily" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
3 total sentences available.
Bobby has at length ceased to offer me every object which it devolves upon him to hand me, with a quavering voice and a prolonged stammer, since, though I was at first excellently vulnerable by this weapon of offence, I am now becoming hornily hard and indifferent to it.
Source: wiktionary
2009, Lee Montgomery, Tony Perez (editors), The Writer's Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House, Tin House Books, page 18, She had an affinity for world music and one day she sashayed hornily into her neighborhood recorded-music store […] .
Source: wiktionary
The officers look over at her hornily, before realising that she has a bazooka (and that is not a euphemism), which she utilises to fire a giant missile at them (after 'reading the instructions').
Source: wiktionary
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