impetuously

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  1. In an impetuous manner; with sudden force; violently; rashly. And therewithall attonce at him let fly Their fluttring arrowes, thicke as flakes of snow, And round him flocke impetuously, Like a great water flood. Spenser, F. Q., II. xi. 18.

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  • He seized my hand impetuously, and pressed it to his lips, then rushed wildly away. —  Miriam Monfort A Novel
  • I should be transgressing the rules of the establishment Dr. Englehart's, I suppose, as if indeed there were such a person," I said, impetuously--unguardedly Do you pretend to doubt it?" —  Miriam Monfort A Novel
  • We do not walk of ourselves; we are carried away like unto things that float now gently and now impetuously, according to the uncertain mood of the waters. —  Lord Byron jugé par les témoins de sa vie. English
  • "With me!" cried Theos impetuously -- "Come with me, Sah-luma! ... —  Ardath
  • The Gael turned to him impetuously, his blue eyes (as I conceive) moist with emotion. —  A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45
 

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