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tumultuously

tumultuously adverb: in a tumultuous manner.

Adverb

tumultuously (comparative more tumultuously, superlative most tumultuously)

  1. In a tumultuous manner.
    • But in the lovver Houſe ſome there vvere vvhich handled theſe things more tumultuouſly, namely, Bell and Monſon great Lavvyers, Dutton, Paul VVentvvorth, and others, vvhich rent the Authority of the Queenes Majeſty too much, […]1635, William Camden, “The Ninth Yeere of Her Raigne. Anno Domini, 1566, and 1567.”, in R[obert] N[orton], transl., Annals, or, The Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth...
    • But the greater truth may be that this is simply how generational and cultural change really comes to Washington—not in the flash of one man’s election, but gradually and tumultuously, with moments in which we lurch forward interrupted by stretches that drag us back.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, [Barack] Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

Forms of tumultuously

comparativemore tumultuously
superlativemost tumultuously

Origin of tumultuously

From tumultuous + -ly.

Questions about tumultuously

What does tumultuously mean?
Tumultuously means in a tumultuous manner.
What part of speech is tumultuously?
Tumultuously is an adverb.

Words near tumultuously in the dictionary

  1. tumultuating
  2. tumultuation
  3. tumultuations
  4. tumultuos
  5. tumultuous
  6. tumultuously
  7. tumultuousness
  8. tumultus
  9. tumulus
  10. tumuluses
  11. Tumupasa

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