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thunderously

thunderously adverb: in a thunderous manner, very loudly.

Adverb

thunderously (comparative more thunderously, superlative most thunderously)

  1. In a thunderous manner, very loudly.
    • The line to Dunières consists of a series of breakneck descents almost invariably ended by a violent curve and followed immediately by a panting climb, on which the engine barked thunderously but failed unhappily to maintain its booked speed of 13 m.p.h.1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668

Forms of thunderously

comparativemore thunderously
superlativemost thunderously

Origin of thunderously

From thunderous + -ly.

Questions about thunderously

What does thunderously mean?
Thunderously means in a thunderous manner, very loudly.
What part of speech is thunderously?
Thunderously is an adverb.

Words near thunderously in the dictionary

  1. thunderlights
  2. thunderlike
  3. thundermug
  4. thundermugs
  5. thunderous
  6. thunderously
  7. thunderousness
  8. thunderpeal
  9. thunderpeals
  10. thunderplump
  11. thunderplumps

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