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impetuously en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English impetuous Middle English -ly English -ly English impetuously From impetuous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In an impetuous manner; with sudden force
   • The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity - the problems of ageing, of invaded privacy, of becoming vain and impetuously adopting children from other continents. 25 October 2008, Claire Armistead, The Guardian:
   • And downe the shower impetuously doth fall, Like that which men the Hurricano call... 1627, Michael Drayton, Battaile of Agincourt:
   • 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; […] 1869, The Overland Monthly, volume 2, page 270:

Forms

Synonyms

violently · rashly

Translations (9)

es impetuosamente (in an impetuous manner) · pt impetuosamente (in an impetuous manner) · ca impetuosament (in an impetuous manner) · ca furientment (in an impetuous manner) · eo impete (in an impetuous manner) · nb bryskt (in an impetuous manner) · sa अमवत् (in an impetuous manner) · ta தலைதெறிக்க (in an impetuous manner) · sa रभसा (in an impetuous manner)