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Rampantly

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ram·pant  (rmpnt)
adj.
1. Extending unchecked; unrestrained: a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard.
2. Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife: a rampant epidemic; rampant corruption in city government.
3.
a. Rearing on the hind legs.
b. Heraldry Rearing on the left hind leg with the forelegs elevated, the right above the left, and usually with the head in profile.
4. Architecture Springing from a support or an abutment that is higher at one side than at the other: a rampant arch.
[Middle English rampaunt, from Old French rampant, present participle of ramper, to ramp; see ramp2.]
rampan·cy n.
rampant·ly adv.
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Adv.1.rampantly - in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here"
wild
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Presently she laughed and showed him a small sketch of Jo in her scribbling suit, with the bow rampantly erect upon her cap, and issuing from her mouth the words, `Genius burns
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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