Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rumbustiously

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rum-bus-tious-ly
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Synonym of rambunctiously, in a rumbustious manner, boisterously and without control.

British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"I hate to fault a play that so rumbustiously turns over so many brilliant ideas."

Etymology

Etymology tree English rumbustious Middle English -ly English -ly English rumbustiously From rumbustious + -ly.

Usage

British usage
Informal

Inflected Forms

more rumbustiously (comparative) most rumbustiously (superlative)

Synonyms

rambunctiously in a rumbustious manner boisterously and without control

Questions

What does rumbustiously mean?: Synonym of rambunctiously, in a rumbustious manner, boisterously and without control.
Where does rumbustiously come from?: Etymology tree English rumbustious Middle English -ly English -ly English rumbustiously From rumbustious + -ly.

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