EXPLOSIVELY

explosively

(adverb) suddenly and rapidly; “the population in Central America is growing explosively”

explosively

(adverb) in an explosive manner; “the political situation in Kashmir and Jammu is explosively unstable”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

explosively (comparative more explosively, superlative most explosively)

In an explosive manner.

Source: Wiktionary

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Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv.

Definition: In an explosive manner.

EXPLOSIVE

Ex*plo"sive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. explosif.]

Definition: Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

Ex*plo"sive, n.

1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.

2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.

Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, sq. root 155-7, 184.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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