tumultuously
English
Etymology
tumultuous + -ly
Adverb
tumultuously (comparative more tumultuously, superlative most tumultuously)
- In a tumultuous manner.
- 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times[1]:
- But the greater truth may be that this is simply how generational and cultural change really comes to Washington — not in the flash of one man’s election, but gradually and tumultuously, with moments in which we lurch forward interrupted by stretches that drag us back.