Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tempestuously"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
{Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness}, n.
They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his
tempestuous beard. --Longfellow.
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