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ri·ot·ous

 (rī′ət-əs)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling a riot.
2. Participating in or inciting to riot or uproar.
3. Uproarious; boisterous: a riotous party.
4. Dissolute; wanton: riotous living.
5. Abundant or luxuriant: a riotous growth.

ri′ot·ous·ly adv.
ri′ot·ous·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adv.1.riotously - in a tumultuous and riotous mannerriotously - in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously"
2.riotously - in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church"
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Translations
بصورةٍ صاخِبَه، بِشَغَب
hlučně
løssluppent
lázadóan
ofsalega
isyan edercesine

riotously

[ˈraɪətəslɪ] ADVbulliciosamente, ruidosamente
riotously funnydivertidísimo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

riotously

[ˈraɪətəsli] adv
riotously funny → tordant(e)riot police nunités fpl antiémeutesriot shield nbouclier m antiémeutesriot squad nbrigade f antiémeutes
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

riotously

adv behave, livewild; it was riotously funny (inf)es war zum Schreien (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

riotously

[ˈraɪətəslɪ] advsfrenatamente
riotously funny → che fa crepare dal ridere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

riot

(ˈraiət) noun
a noisy disturbance created by a usually large group of people. The protest march developed into a riot.
verb
to form or take part in a riot. The protesters were rioting in the street.
ˈrioter noun
ˈriotous adjective
1. starting, or likely to start, a riot. a riotous crowd.
2. very active, noisy and cheerful. a riotous party.
ˈriotously adverb
ˈriotousness noun
run riot
to behave wildly; to go out of control.
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References in classic literature ?
The knowledge that I loved her rushed upon me with the terror, and with both emotions gripping at my heart and causing my blood at the same time to chill and to leap riotously, I felt myself drawn by a power without me and beyond me, and found my eyes returning against my will to gaze into the eyes of Wolf Larsen.
With what a ghastly rapture, as it were, too mighty to be expressed only by the eye and features, and therefore bursting forth through the whole ugliness of his figure, and making itself even riotously manifest by the extravagant gestures with which he threw up his arms towards the ceiling, and stamped his foot upon the floor!
At any time it is a strange sight to the tyro to see with what wondrous habitude of unconscious skill the whaleman will maintain an erect posture in his boat, even when pitched about by the most riotously perverse and cross-running seas.
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