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tumultuously |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tumultuous \Tu*mul"tu*ous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf F. tumultueux.] 1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed. His dire attempt, which nigh the birth Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton. 4. Turbulent; violent; as a tumultuous speech. Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious. -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly}, adv -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tumultuously adv : in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously" [syn: {riotously}]
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