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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Riotous  \Ri"ot*ous\,  a.  [OF.  rioteux.] 
  1.  Involving,  or  engaging  in  riot;  wanton;  unrestrained; 
  luxurious. 
 
  The  younger  son  .  .  .  took  his  journey  into  a  far 
  country,  and  there  wasted  his  substance  with  riotous 
  living.  --Luke  xv  13. 
 
  2.  Partaking  of  the  nature  of  an  unlawful  assembly  or  its 
  acts  seditious.  --  {Ri"ot*ous*ly},  adv  -- 
  {Ri"ot*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  riotously 
  adv  1:  in  a  tumultuous  and  riotous  manner;  "the  crowd  was 
  demonstrating  tumultuously"  [syn:  {tumultuously}] 
  2:  in  an  exuberant  manner;  "the  exuberantly  baroque  decoration 
  of  the  church"  [syn:  {exuberantly}]




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