Tumultuously

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tumultuous \Tu*mul"tu*ous\ (t[-u]*m[u^]l"t[-u]*[u^]s), a. [L.
     tumultuosus: cf. F. tumultueux.]
     1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly;
        turbulent.
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              The flight became wild and tumultuous. --Macaulay.
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     2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous;
        disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting.
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     3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
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              His dire attempt, which, nigh the birth
              Now rolling, boils in his tumultuous breast.
                                                    --Milton.
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     4. Turbulent; violent; as, a tumultuous speech.
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     Syn: Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent;
          violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless;
          riotous; seditious.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ly}, adv. --
          {Tu*mul"tu*ous*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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