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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. in a tumultuous and riotous manner;
- Example: "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously"
[syn: tumultuously, riotously]

2. in an exuberant manner;
- Example: "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church"
[syn: exuberantly, riotously]



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.
      [1913 Webster]

            The younger son . . . took his journey into a far
            country, and there wasted his substance with riotous
            living.                               --Luke xv. 13.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]


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]


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.