thunderously
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From thunderous + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]thunderously (comparative more thunderously, superlative most thunderously)
- In a thunderous manner, very loudly.
- 1961 November, H. G. Ellison, P. G. Barlow, “Journey through France: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 668:
- The line to Dunières consists of a series of breakneck descents almost invariably ended by a violent curve and followed immediately by a panting climb, on which the engine barked thunderously but failed unhappily to maintain its booked speed of 13 m.p.h.