thunderingly

adv

Etymology

From thundering + -ly.

  1. inherited from þunring — “thundering; thunder
  2. inherited from thundryng
  3. suffixed as thunderingly — “thundering + ly

Definitions

  1. In a thundering way

    In a thundering way; with great noise or fury.

    • The male announcer eventually came back on stage to say that there would be a brief pause as the votes were counted and introduced another display of Mandi Steele video footage with thunderingly loud, dramatic music.
  2. Extremely

    Extremely; marvellously.

    • The three younger brothers had from childhood upwards always ridden such thunderingly good flesh, and drunk such thunderingly good claret, that they imagined themselves great swells accordingly […]
    • At its most basic, this is thunderingly enjoyable Victorian melodrama. But as always in Sondheim, there is a marvellous intelligence and wit at work.

The neighborhood

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