Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a stormy manner; tempestuously.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a stormy manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a stormy manner. Often used figuratively for noisily.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a stormy or violent manner

Etymologies

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stormy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Deanna stormily said, "There won't be a wedding between us!"

    Deanna's Tiff (Part One) 2009

  • Deanna stormily said, "There won't be a wedding between us!"

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • It should come as no surprise that China would react so stormily to any suggestion of Taiwanese independence: once again Chinese territory seemed threatened.

    Friend Or Foe? 2008

  • They recall her famous confrontation with Boris Yeltsin in 1989 when, as a rising Russian politician, he stormily complained he was not being allowed in the White House's front entrance and she sharply cut him off.

    The World According to Rice 2007

  • I believe we oftentimes react in understanding or variance because of our outlooks, but hearing another side, stormily delivered, really makes us think!

    Sofa & Bed Transformer Furniture 2007

  • Though JK Rowling is apparently stormily displeased, most people can make the decision: to read or not to read.

    The WritingYA Weblog: Viva las Divas! tanita davis 2007

  • Though JK Rowling is apparently stormily displeased, most people can make the decision: to read or not to read.

    Archive 2007-07-01 tanita davis 2007

  • The craziness in the film is so extremely expressed and so evenly distributed that the two lead performers — Samuel L. Jackson as the stormily asthmatic African-American investigating officer, Lorenzo Council, and Julianne Moore as the emotionally distraught and mentally disturbed white mother, Brenda Martin — have been critically tarred and feathered for the presumed sin of overacting.

    Why Hate Freedomland? Roth's Film Honest About Race 2006

  • The craziness in the film is so extremely expressed and so evenly distributed that the two lead performers — Samuel L. Jackson as the stormily asthmatic African-American investigating officer, Lorenzo Council, and Julianne Moore as the emotionally distraught and mentally disturbed white mother, Brenda Martin — have been critically tarred and feathered for the presumed sin of overacting.

    Why Hate Freedomland? Roth's Film Honest About Race 2006

  • The craziness in the film is so extremely expressed and so evenly distributed that the two lead performers — Samuel L. Jackson as the stormily asthmatic African-American investigating officer, Lorenzo Council, and Julianne Moore as the emotionally distraught and mentally disturbed white mother, Brenda Martin — have been critically tarred and feathered for the presumed sin of overacting.

    Why Hate Freedomland? Roth���s Film Honest About Race 2006

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