thunderingly
English
Etymology
thundering + -ly
Adverb
thunderingly (comparative more thunderingly, superlative most thunderingly)
- In a thundering way; with great noise or fury.
- 2003, Ed Howdershelt, An Encounter in Atlanta, page 54:
- The male announcer eventually came back on stage to say that there would be a brief pause as the votes were counted and introduced another display of Mandi Steele video footage with thunderingly loud, dramatic music.
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- (informal) Extremely; marvellously.
- 1864, Alfred Austin, An Artist's Proof, volume 1, page 83:
- The three younger brothers had from childhood upwards always ridden such thunderingly good flesh, and drunk such thunderingly good claret, that they imagined themselves great swells accordingly […]
- 1993, Theatre Record (volume 13, issues 10-19, page 607)
- At its most basic, this is thunderingly enjoyable Victorian melodrama. But as always in Sondheim, there is a marvellous intelligence and wit at work.
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