Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a torrential manner; copiously; volubly.
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- adverb In a
torrential manner, or to a torrential degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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It’s difficult to imagine now, but Haiti was once deeply forested; but 98 percent of the tree cover is gone, leaving eroded hillsides with gullies down which the rain torrentially washes whatever soil is left.
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She wrote furiously, torrentially, determined to get down on paper every thought and emotion that occurred to her as a movie unspooled—every flash of pleasure, every jab of annoyance, every half-formed insight and doubled-back reflection and blind alley and stray tangent.
What She Found in the Dark Lee Sandlin 2011
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As if Wednesday's record-breaking heat weren't enough, a water main break in Potomac created a geyser that was at once torrentially wasteful and oddly majestic, adding an exclamation point to recent infrastructure woes -- and offering an incredible rafting opportunity.
Water main break in Potomac forces restrictions in Rockville 2010
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She cried then, torrentially, and he lay down with her.
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On a torrentially rainy Sunday, I watch an assembly happen, in a classroom that seems to be in the process of being slowly smothered by vast, outsized plants.
Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives 2010
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It was 400 miles back home and the rain fell torrentially for about 300 of them, though the sun was out and the skies were clear.
Midlife milestones 2010
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She cried then, torrentially, and he lay down with her.
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On a torrentially rainy Sunday, I watch an assembly happen, in a classroom that seems to be in the process of being slowly smothered by vast, outsized plants.
Johann Hari: Kidnapped, Raped, Married: The Extraordinary Rebellion of Ethiopia's Abducted Wives 2010
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She cried then, torrentially, and he lay down with her.
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As if Wednesday's record-breaking heat weren't enough, a water main break in Potomac created a geyser that was at once torrentially wasteful and oddly majestic, adding an exclamation point to recent infrastructure woes -- and offering an incredible rafting opportunity.
Water main break in Potomac forces restrictions in Rockville 2010
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