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Synonyms for tempestuously


Grammar : Adv
Spell : tem-pes-choo-uhs
Phonetic Transcription : tɛmˈpɛs tʃu əs



Définition of tempestuously

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from Latin tempestuosus, from tempestas (see tempest). The figurative sense is older in English; literal sense is from c.1500. Related: Tempestuously.
  • adv without restraint
Example sentences :
  • Rotherby broke in tempestuously, smiting the desk before him.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He was tempestuously devoted to her, in a way that stirred her blood.
  • Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
  • At some distance, however, the waves were tossed about most tempestuously.
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster
  • All at once he came to her tempestuously, catching her arm as he would a naughty child's.
  • Extract from : « Making Money » by Owen Johnson
  • The game of patience so tempestuously concluded had occupied half-an-hour.
  • Extract from : « The Moon Rock » by Arthur J. Rees
  • Tempestuously the Younger Man slammed down his magazine to the floor.
  • Extract from : « Little Eve Edgarton » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
  • As they touched the tempestuously tossing slime, it shrieked stridently, deafeningly—cosmically!
  • Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Winter 1940 » by Ray Bradbury
  • My own blood boiled now as tempestuously as his; and with a shout of reckless triumph, I rose him at the gate.
  • Extract from : « Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles Lever
  • Though the winter winds are of slower development, they are more prolonged and are tempestuously powerful.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of the Rockies » by Enos A. Mills
  • Dont you believe him, tempestuously interrupted the temperamental little thing.
  • Extract from : « Nothing But the Truth » by Frederic S. Isham

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