overboisterously

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

overboisterous +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

overboisterously (comparative more overboisterously, superlative most overboisterously)

  1. In an overboisterous manner.
    • 2005, David Rothbart, A Soldier's Journal: With the 22nd Infantry Regiment in World War II, →ISBN:
      The return bus trip is sometimes a rather depressing experience when a few soldiers imbibed too freely and overboisterously vent their spirits in lusty voices and loosely controlled movements.
    • 2014, D. K. Wilson, The Traitor's Mark, →ISBN:
      When we were shown into his presence, John of Antwerp was his usual overboisterously hospitable self.
    • 2014, Celia Fremlin, Seven Lean Years, →ISBN:
      He spoke rather overboisterously, as if to cover a real anxiety.