Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tumultuously"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Tumultuous \Tu*mul"tu*ous\, a. [L. tumultuosus: cf. F.
tumultueux.]
1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly;
turbulent.

The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay.

2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous;
disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.

3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.

His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth Now rolling,
boils in his tumultuous breast. --Milton.

4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.

Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent;
violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless;
riotous; seditious. -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

tumultuously
adv : in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was
demonstrating tumultuously" [syn: {riotously}]


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