tempestuously

[ tem-pes-choo-uhs-lee ]

adverb

1. in a stormy way:

   The rain beat strongly against the windows, and the wind blew tempestuously.

2. with great force, energy, passion, noise, fury, conflict, etc.; in a tumultuous way:

   She burst into tears and sobbed tempestuously.

Other Words From

• un·tem·pes·tu·ous·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of tempestuously¹

tempestuous ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Outside, the briny tang of windswept sea air, the North Sea swirling tempestuously below.

From New York Times

Mr. and Mrs. March left the room with speed, and casting herself upon the bed, Jo cried and scolded tempestuously as she told the awful news to Beth and Amy.

From Literature

He was moody, irritable, and pensive by turns, lost his appetite, neglected his dress and devoted much time to playing tempestuously on his piano, avoided Jo, but consoled himself by staring at her from his window, with a tragic face that haunted her dreams by night and oppressed her with a heavy sense of guilt by day.

From Literature

The rain beat strongly against the panes, the wind blew tempestuously: “One lies there,” I thought, “who will soon be beyond the war of earthly elements. Whither will that spirit—now struggling to quit its material tenement—flit when at length released?”

From Literature

At the beginning of the piece, Liszt’s music is meant to depict the ghosdy armies of the battle mustering for the fight; it is marked to be played ‘tempestuously’, and to recreate the effect of the painting’s spirit soldiers in the sky, the strings are instructed to play with their mutes on, thus dampening and thinning the sound.

From Literature