Meanings
comparative more uproaringly · superlative most uproaringly
- In an uproaring manner.
His eyes twinkled, his laugh was uproaringly infectious.
1994, Edith Mucke, Beginning in Triumph: A Memoir, St. Cloud, Minn.: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc., →ISBN, page 983 more examples
They laughed, actually laughed uproaringly, as the bottom of the ladder neared a declivity still more greasy than the level ground around the pagoda, and not one stirred to arrest its downward progress, although but a little effort would have prevented what seemed an impending frightful sacrifice of life.
1860, W. H. Marshall, “Voyage to Rangoon in the ‘Nemesis.’—Amherst, on the Salween river.—The Irrawaddy.—[…]”, in Four Years in Burmah. […], volume I, London: Charles J[oseph] Skeet, […], page 319It generally happens that at county agricultural dinners the louder a donkey brays the more uproaringly he is applauded.
1873, Thomas Wright, “The Press and the People”, in Our New Masters, London: Strahan & Co. […], page 338And there was Beetrax, Beetrax of the Axe, his ginger beard bushy and hardly combed at all, his laugh uproaringly infectious and booming across the tavern, making men and women of lesser fibre look away with a shake of the head and a narrowed frown or scowl.
2016, Andy Remic, “The Cock”, in Twilight of the Dragons (The Blood Dragon Empire; II), Nottingham, Notts.: Angry Robot, →ISBN, page 21Synonyms: uproariously
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbIn an uproaring manner.
Origin
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