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impetuously

adv

Etymology

From impetuous + -ly.

  1. derived from impetus
  2. derived from impetuōsus
  3. derived from impetueux
  4. inherited from impetuous
  5. suffixed as impetuously — “impetuous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In an impetuous manner

    In an impetuous manner; with sudden force

    • And downe the shower impetuously doth fall, Like that which men the Hurricano call...
    • But it was recollected that he had killed the second one rather impetuously with a mallet, and altogether in such an unneat and bungling manner as to excite considerable comment; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA