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rumbustiously en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English rumbustious Middle English -ly English -ly English rumbustiously From rumbustious + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (UK, informal) Synonym of rambunctiously, in a rumbustious manner, boisterously and without control.
    • I hate to fault a play that so rumbustiously turns over so many brilliant ideas. 2008 December 19, Caroline Ash, “To Make Aire Dance”, in Science:

Forms

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more rumbustiously Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most rumbustiously Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

in a rumbustious manner · rambunctiously · boisterously and without control