Antonyms for turbulently


Grammar : Adj, adv
Spell : tur-byuh-luhnt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜr byə lənt


Definition of turbulently

Origin :
  • 1530s, "disorderly, tumultuous, unruly" (of persons), from Middle French turbulent (12c.), from Latin turbulentus "full of commotion, restless," from turba "turmoil, crowd" (see turbid). In reference to weather, attested from 1570s.
  • As in madly : adj wildly, fiercely
  • As in tempestuously : adv without restraint
  • As in violently : adv destructively
  • As in fiercely : adv violently, menacingly
  • As in hard : adv with great force
Example sentences :
  • Flush's breathing is my loudest sound, and then the watch's tickings, and then my own heart when it beats too turbulently.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) » by Frederic G. Kenyon
  • But they were utterly undisciplined, and turbulently impatient of superior authority, or systematical control.
  • Extract from : « The Fifteen Decisive Battles of The World From Marathon to Waterloo » by Edward Creasy
  • Following these came the other nations, turbulently and confusedly struggling across.
  • Extract from : « Plutarch's Lives, Volume I (of 4) » by Plutarch
  • On it turbulently runs, the water befoamed, through high, perpendicular walls of basaltic rock for over a mile.
  • Extract from : « Seven Legs Across the Seas » by Samuel Murray
  • The thoughts of the Little Lover surged on turbulently, while the beautiful low song went on.
  • Extract from : « The Very Small Person » by Annie Hamilton Donnell
  • The Colonel presently bent over the fire and was about to lift off the turbulently boiling pot.
  • Extract from : « The Magnetic North » by Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)
  • The undercurrent of rebellion, swelling with mute suffering and repression, turbulently sweeps the barriers.
  • Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
  • Between them, the Nalen took a tortuous course, turbulently fighting its way over the rocks.
  • Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole

Synonyms for turbulently

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