| 单词 |
tumultuously |
| 释义 |
tuˈmultuously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a tumultuous manner; with tumult or commotion; with confusion and uproar; riotously.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. xii. 53 b, He shall not do this tumultuously or violently. For he shall not chide, nor..crye oute. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 27 If they tumultiously revenge thy wrong. a1768Abp. Secker Serm. (1771) V. xviii. 431 Death..suddenly and tumultuously inflicted. 1834L. Ritchie Wand. by Seine 166 The clang of innumerable church-bells comes tumultuously on the breeze. 1857Miller Elem. Chem. (1862) III. 118 The reaction..is apt to become and tumultuously violent.
†b. Seditiously: cf. prec. 1 b. Obs.
1682Addr. Lond. Freemen in Lond. Gaz. No. 1738/2 Being Popishly and Tumultuously Inclined.
†c. Hurriedly and irregularly; in a hurry, without order or system: cf. tumultuarily 1. Obs.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lxxvi. §6 They attempted tumultuously they saw not what. 1726Leoni tr. Alberti's Archit. II. 8/2 The Wall of Athens..was built so tumultuously that they even threw into it some of the Statues. |
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