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English
Etymology
From thundering + -ly.
Adverb
thunderingly (comparative more thunderingly, superlative most thunderingly)
- In a thundering way; with great noise or fury.
2003, Ed Howdershelt, An Encounter in Atlanta, page 54:The male announcer eventually came back on stage to say that there would be a brief pause as the votes were counted and introduced another display of Mandi Steele video footage with thunderingly loud, dramatic music.
- (informal) Extremely; marvellously.
1864, Alfred Austin, An Artist's Proof, volume 1, page 83:The three younger brothers had from childhood upwards always ridden such thunderingly good flesh, and drunk such thunderingly good claret, that they imagined themselves great swells accordingly […]
1993, Theatre Record, volume 13, numbers 10-19, page 607:At its most basic, this is thunderingly enjoyable Victorian melodrama. But as always in Sondheim, there is a marvellous intelligence and wit at work.