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BLUSTERINGLY
Etymology
Adverb
blusteringly (comparative more blusteringly, superlative most blusteringly)
in a blustering manner
• L. Frank Baum
"But we have an Army," said General Clock, blusteringly, for he didn't like to be told he was of no account.
Source: Wiktionary
Blus"ter*ing*ly, adv.
Definition: In a blustering manner.
BLUSTERING
Blus"ter*ing, a.
1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. A tempest and a blustering day. Shak.
2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." L'Estrange.
BLUSTER
Blus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.] Etym: [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. Milton.
2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.
Blus"ter, v. t.
Definition: To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More. As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller.
Blus"ter, n.
1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. Milton.
2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.
Syn.
– Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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