roaringly

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roar·ing

(rôr′ĭng)

adj.

1. Very lively or successful; thriving: a roaring trade.

2. Used as an intensive: roaring drunk.

roar′ing·ly adv.

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Gaily, roaringly, irresistibly, in jolly-good-fellow style, we dragged him from the restaurant to a cafe, stuffing his pockets with his embalmed birds and indigestible nuggets.

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as underneath His plumage God lies an amputee got up like roaringly

Beaver Hat (A Civil War Gag)

A huge crowd will roaringly celebrate Belalp's Witches' Day with lots of fun.

Bewitched Switzerland: prior to scientific rationalism, witchcraft was supposed to cause diseases, famines, death of cattle, natural catastrophes and all other calamities. The Swiss Alps have had their fair share of a witch-hunt that lasted three centuries

In the end, Miyazaki manages to tell a roaringly good story with vivid characters--and great heart.

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I am almost shocked to be telling you, and unbelievably sorry, that we will not be able to accept your roaringly unconventional, beautiful offer.

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His career at the moment is very much like a spaceship a few minutes after a roaringly successful launch, heading for a long, high flight through space and time.