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Explosively   /ˌɛksplˈoʊsɪvli/   Listen
Explosively

adverb
1.
Suddenly and rapidly.
2.
In an explosive manner.






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"Explosively" Quotes from Famous Books



... however, made no allusion to the ultimate ground of their antagonism, but said simply and explosively, "Has Miss Hope seen that thing ...
— The Innocence of Father Brown • G. K. Chesterton

... the Captain!" they each declared explosively, whenever a moment's respite enabled them to speak, and in time the reiterated demand bore results. The Captain himself appeared, watched the conflict for ...
— The Grain Ship • Morgan Robertson

... dissolve instantly in contact with it, with evolution of a gas and considerable rise of temperature. Bromine reacts with violence, a gas again being explosively evolved and hydrobromic acid formed. The nature of the gas evolved is now undergoing investigation. A letter from M. Lobry de Bruyn appears in the number of the Chemiker Zeitung for October 31, warning those who may ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 • Various

... firing of a gun they will come to us yet. I tell you, without the firing of a gun—unless we insist on a battle," explosively rejoined a fiery-hued little man sitting next to Monsieur Paul; "but you will see—we shall insist. There is between us and Germany an inextinguishable hate—and we must kill, ...
— In and Out of Three Normady Inns • Anna Bowman Dodd

... he grew suddenly red in the face. Then he spluttered explosively. Then he burst into ...
— General John Regan - 1913 • George A. Birmingham



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