boisterously
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bois·ter·ous
(boi′stər-əs, -strəs)adj.
1. Loud or noisy and lively or unrestrained: a boisterous street market. See Synonyms at vociferous.
2. Rough and stormy; violent: boisterous winds; a boisterous voyage.
[Middle English boistres, variant of boistous, rude, rough, perhaps from Old French boisteus, lame, limping, from boiste, knee joint.]
bois′ter·ous·ly adv.
bois′ter·ous·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | boisterously - in a carefree manner; "she was rollickingly happy" |
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boisterously
[ˈbɔɪstərəslɪ] ADV [play] → bulliciosamente, alborotadamente; [laugh] → escandalosamenteCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
boisterously
adv shout, sing, laugh → ausgelassen; play → wild, übermütig
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