Toughly

Lafeu, as it happens, is expressing himself in prose: the kind of toughly, densely-argued prose that Hamlet uses when he gets down to bedrock. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Vuturo toughly cross-examined arresting officers demanding they tell in detail what they saw and what they did. ❋ Karl Grossman (2011)

The goal brought to life a toughly contested game in which both tired-looking teams battled to find any rhythm. ❋ Unknown (2012)

And as a veteran of the browser wars, she knew that every point of market share was as toughly contested as a football goal-line stand. ❋ Steven Levy (2011)

With Mary Schapiro testifying before the House Financial Services Committee, the Project on Government Oversight has released some toughly-worded questions for her. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We have to do everything we can to try to repeal this bill," Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell toughly insisted, "and replace it with common sense reforms to bring down the cost of health care." ❋ Robert J. Elisberg (2010)

No matter how courageous I tried to be in jails and (penal) colonies all over Russia, but after the 9th of July I had really to pull myself together toughly, so that, quite trivially, my handwriting would be readable, and my thoughts would stop being like disorderly rabble. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Today's conservatives have translated that into "Talk toughly while toting a tiny twig". ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Democratic National Committee has just launched a brutal attack on Fox News that includes a toughly-worded campaign to use Clinton's on-air fisticuffs with Fox's Chris Wallace to raise cash and to argue that the Democratic Party is on the offensive on national security. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wouldn't say it was a "toughly worded" response ... it was more of a gloss-over-the-facts response with a nice soundbite ... and if you hadn't fallen in unconditional love with the campaign, you would've called it on that. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hamilton said his warning to Dymally referred to a toughly worded response that Hamilton would have fired off at Dymally if the dissent had stood. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A toughly regulated financial services sector and much greater government role in the economy by my book does amount to socialism. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here's Obama's toughly-worded quote from an interview with ABC this afternoon: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Though he appears to be suggesting that his opposition to immunity might be tempered if he gets access to the White House documents that the Senate intel community reviewed before producing a bill containing immunity, this is nonetheless some pretty toughly-worded opposition. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Late last week, the Warner resolution picked up the support of three key Senators: GOPer Chuck Hagel, and Dems Joe Biden and Carl Levin, all of whom had earlier been championing a more toughly-worded resolution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Republican National Committee just blasted out this toughly-worded Hillary quote from back in February, hitting Obama over his campaign finance pledge ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

Here you have a perfect opening for Michelle or a designated surrogate to deliver a toughly-worded -- and simultaneously high-minded -- response that nails O'Reilly directly between the eyes for his ugliness and pillories his wingnut colleagues for their phony piety and counterfeit patriotism. ❋ Krugman (2009)