riotously

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
riotously
    adv 1: in a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was
           demonstrating tumultuously" [syn: {tumultuously},
           {riotously}]
    2: in an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration
       of the church" [syn: {exuberantly}, {riotously}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Riotous \Ri"ot*ous\, a. [OF. rioteux.]
   1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained;
      luxurious.
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            The younger son . . . took his journey into a far
            country, and there wasted his substance with riotous
            living.                               --Luke xv. 13.
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   2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its
      acts; seditious.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Ri"ot*ous*ly}, adv. --
      {Ri"ot*ous*ness}, n.
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from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
RIOTOUSLY, pleadings. A technical word properly used in an indictment for a 
riot, and ex vi termini, implies violence. 2 Sess. Cas. 13; 2 Str. 834; 2 
Chit. Cr. Law, 489. 
    

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