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thundrously

thundrously is the obsolete form of thunderously.

Meaning of thunderously

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 thundrously

comparativemore thundrously
superlativemost thundrously

Origin of thundrously

From thundrous + -ly.

Questions about thundrously

What is thundrously the obsolete form of?
Thundrously is the obsolete form of thunderously.

Words near thundrously in the dictionary

  1. thunderworms
  2. thundery
  3. Thundridge
  4. thundring
  5. thundrous
  6. thundrously
  7. Thune
  8. Thunes
  9. thungrier
  10. thungriest
  11. thungry

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Adapted from Wiktionary: thundrously (page history and authors); thunderously (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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