'Riotously' definitions:
Definition of 'riotously'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a tumultuous and riotous manner; "the crowd was demonstrating tumultuously" [syn: tumultuously, riotously]
adverb
In an exuberant manner; "the exuberantly baroque decoration of the church" [syn: exuberantly, riotously]
Definition of 'Riotously'
From: GCIDE
- Riotous \Ri"ot*ous\, a. [OF. rioteux.]
- 1. Involving, or engaging in, riot; wanton; unrestrained; luxurious. [1913 Webster]
- The younger son . . . took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. --Luke xv. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious. [1913 Webster] -- {Ri"ot*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ri"ot*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]