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[ too-muhl-choo-er-ee, tyoo- ] / tuˈmʌl tʃuˌɛr i, tyu- /
adjectivetumultuous; turbulent. confused; disorderly; haphazard: tumultuary habits of studying. Origin of tumultuary1580–90; <Latin tumultuārius “pertaining to bustle or hurry,” equivalent to tumultu(s) tumult + -ārius -ary Words nearby tumultuaryTums, tumular, tumulose, tumulous, tumult, tumultuary, tumultuous, tumulus, tun, tuna, tunable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tumultuaryThe American contest was known to him before but as a rebellion—a tumultuary affair in a remote transatlantic colony. Life And Times Of Washington, Volume 2|John Frederick Schroeder With a tumultuary army of near twenty thousand men, he invaded her territories, and met with weak resistance. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part F.|David Hume But experience having shown that this method of trial was tumultuary and uncertain, they corrected it by the idea of compurgation. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VII. (of 12)|Edmund Burke But at length, in the hot and tumultuary fight, a spear pierced the cheek of Narvaez, and tore out one of his eyes. Hernando Cortez|John S. C. Abbott
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