impetuously

3 definitions found

impetuously - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See
     Impetus.]
     1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus;
        furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
        impetuous torrent.
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              Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
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     2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
        of impetuous temper.
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              The people, on their holidays,
              Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable.    --Milton.
  
     Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
          boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. --
          Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.
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impetuously - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  impetuously
      adv 1: in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking
             cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets
             it" [syn: impetuously, impulsively]

impetuously - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  59 Moby Thesaurus words for "impetuously":
     a corps perdu, abruptly, bang, carelessly, dash, desperately,
     furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst,
     headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head,
     helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotfoot, hotheadedly, hurriedly,
     hurry-scurry, impulsively, like a flash, like a thunderbolt,
     like crazy, like mad, madly, of a sudden, on short notice,
     overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, plop, plump,
     plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, quickly,
     ramble-scramble, rashly, recklessly, sharp, slam-bang, slap,
     slap-bang, slapdash, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly,
     surprisingly, unawares, unexpectedly, wantonly, wildly,
     without notice, without warning