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Volcanically

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vol·can·ic  (vl-knk, vôl-)
adj.
1. Of, resembling, or caused by a volcano or volcanoes: a volcanic peak; volcanic islands.
2. Produced by or discharged from a volcano: volcanic ash.
3. Characterized by the presence of volcanoes.
4. Powerfully explosive: a volcanic temper.
vol·cani·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.Volcanicallyvolcanically - by or like volcanoes; "volcanically created landscape"
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What had been the engrossing world had dissolved into an uninteresting outer dumb-show; while here, in this apparently dim and unimpassioned place, novelty had volcanically started up, as it had never, for him, started up elsewhere.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman by Hardy, Thomas View in context
His vivid black eyes rolled volcanically, his bronzed face, handsome as it was, showed at that moment a combination of high cheekbones with set white teeth, which recalled certain American conjectures about his origin in the Southern plantations.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
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