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thunderingly

thunderingly adverb: in a thundering way; with great noise or fury.

Adverb

thunderingly (comparative more thunderingly, superlative most thunderingly)

  1. In a thundering way; with great noise or fury.
    • The male announcer eventually came back on stage to say that there would be a brief pause as the votes were counted and introduced another display of Mandi Steele video footage with thunderingly loud, dramatic music.2003, Ed Howdershelt, An Encounter in Atlanta, page 54
  2. (informal) Extremely; marvellously.
    • The three younger brothers had from childhood upwards always ridden such thunderingly good flesh, and drunk such thunderingly good claret, that they imagined themselves great swells accordingly […]1864, Alfred Austin, An Artist's Proof, volume 1, page 83
    • At its most basic, this is thunderingly enjoyable Victorian melodrama. But as always in Sondheim, there is a marvellous intelligence and wit at work.1993, Theatre Record, volume 13, numbers 10-19, page 607

Forms of thunderingly

comparativemore thunderingly
superlativemost thunderingly

Origin of thunderingly

From thundering + -ly.

Questions about thunderingly

What does thunderingly mean?
Thunderingly means in a thundering way; with great noise or fury.
What part of speech is thunderingly?
Thunderingly is an adverb.

Words near thunderingly in the dictionary

  1. thunderiest
  2. thunderin'
  3. thundering
  4. thundering herd
  5. thundering herd problems
  6. thunderingly
  7. thunderings
  8. thunderless
  9. thunderlight
  10. thunderlights
  11. thunderlike

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