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STORMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stormily mean?
• STORMILY (adverb)
The adverb STORMILY has 1 sense:
1. in a stormy or violent manner
Familiarity information: STORMILY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a stormy or violent manner
Synonyms:
passionately; stormily; turbulently
Pertainym:
stormy (characterized by violent emotions or behavior)
Context examples
"What is all this?" demanded another voice peremptorily; and Mrs. Reed came along the corridor, her cap flying wide, her gown rustling stormily.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Laurie dashed into a livelier strain, played stormily for several minutes, and would have got through bravely, if in a momentary lull Mrs. March's voice had not been heard calling, Jo, dear, come in.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
Suddenly with a strained sound, Daisy bent her head into the shirts and began to cry stormily.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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