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The hand shook violently. Is violently a adjective or adverb?

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In this sentence, it's being used as an adverb.
The word "violently" ends with an "ly" which makes it an adverb.

Therefore, the answer would be: adverb.
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Violently is an adverb. When there is an -ly at the end of the word, it will almost always be an adverb.
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