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riotously

ADVERB

fiercely

Synonyms

STRONGEST

angrily boldly brutally ferociously forcefully frantically furiously madly mightily passionately savagely severely vehemently viciously wildly

WEAK

awfully forcibly frenziedly frighteningly hard horribly impetuously in a frenzy irresistibly like cats and dogs maleficiently malevolently malignly monstrous no holds barred roughly stormily tempestuously terribly threateningly tigerishly tooth and nail turbulently uncontrollably venomously with bared teeth

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calmly gently

WEAK

kindly mildly quietly tamely

ADVERB

violently

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fiercely forcefully forcibly intensely powerfully strongly vigorously

WEAK

combatively compellingly disturbingly extremely overwhelmingly rebelliously stormily turbulently

Antonyms

STRONGEST

weakly

WEAK

gently mildly nonviolently peacefully quietly

Example Sentences

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“Please don’t be glazing me here, Zohran,” he said, borrowing some Gen Alpha slang as the candidates, and audience, laughed riotously.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

It was a win that very few saw coming and it was riotously celebrated because of that.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

What that is, Bioh does not reveal until quite late — almost too late for the good of this otherwise riotously funny workplace comedy set in prepandemic, mid-Trump Harlem.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

They knew it had the potential to be riotously funny, slyly insightful and boundary pushing for queer teen representation.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2023

Nearly always the sky was a glassy, brilliant azure and the sun burned down riotously bright.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

riotously

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