Hypertext Webster Gateway: "riotously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Riotous \Ri"ot*ous\, a. [OF. rioteux.]
1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained;
luxurious.
The younger son . . . took his journey into a far
country, and there wasted his substance with riotous
living. --Luke xv. 13.
2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its
acts; seditious. -- {Ri"ot*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Ri"ot*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
riotously
adv 1: in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was
demonstrating tumultuously" [syn: {tumultuously}]
2: in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration
of the church" [syn: {exuberantly}]
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