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tempestuously

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tem·pes·tu·ous  (tm-psch-s)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales.
2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship.
[Middle English, from Late Latin tempestusus, from tempests, tempest, variant of tempests; see tempest.]
tem·pestu·ous·ly adv.
tem·pestu·ous·ness n.
Translations
tempestuously
adv (lit liter, fig) → heftig


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March left the room with speed, and casting herself upon the be, Jo cried and scolded tempestuously as she told the awful news to Beth and Amy.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
Had they been farsighted enough they might have seen, when the stage turned into the side dooryard of the old brick house, a calico yoke rising and falling tempestuously over the beating heart beneath, the red color coming and going in two pale cheeks, and a mist of tears swimming in two brilliant dark eyes.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
She handled her subjects agreeably, and they were, perhaps, more worthy of attention than the high discourse upon Guelfs and Ghibellines which was proceeding tempestuously at the other end of the room.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
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