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[syn: impetuously, impulsively]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, a. [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See
Impetus.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus;
furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an
impetuous torrent.
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Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
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2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man
of impetuous temper.
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The people, on their holidays,
Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. --Milton.
Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious;
boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. --
Im*pet"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Im*pet"u*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
impetuously
adv 1: in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking
cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets
it" [syn: impetuously, impulsively]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "impetuously":
a corps perdu, abruptly, bang, carelessly, dash, desperately,
furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst,
headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head,
helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotfoot, hotheadedly, hurriedly,
hurry-scurry, impulsively, like a flash, like a thunderbolt,
like crazy, like mad, madly, of a sudden, on short notice,
overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, plop, plump,
plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, quickly,
ramble-scramble, rashly, recklessly, sharp, slam-bang, slap,
slap-bang, slapdash, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly,
surprisingly, unawares, unexpectedly, wantonly, wildly,
without notice, without warning