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Rampantly

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Adverb

1. rampantly, wild

in an uncontrolled and rampant manner

Example Sentences:
'weeds grew rampantly around here'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rampantly

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adjective
1. 
unrestrained or violent in behaviour, desire, opinions, etc
2. 
growing or developing unchecked
3. (postpositive) heraldry
(of a beast) standing on the hind legs, the right foreleg raised above the left
4. 
(of an arch) having one abutment higher than the other

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Rampantly

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adjective
1. 
growing luxuriantly; flourishing
rampant plants
2. 
spreading unchecked; widespread; rife
3. 
violent and uncontrollable in action, manner, speech, etc.
4.  Architecture
having one abutment higher than the other
said of an arch
5. 
a. 
rearing up on the hind legs
b.  Heraldry
depicted thus in profile, with one forepaw raised above the other
a lion rampant

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rampantly

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adj.
1. Extending unchecked; unrestrained: a rampant growth of weeds in the neglected yard.
2. Occurring without restraint and frequently, widely, or menacingly; rife: a rampant epidemic; rampant corruption in city government.
3.
a. Rearing on the hind legs.
b. Heraldry Rearing on the left hind leg with the forelegs elevated, the right above the left, and usually with the head in profile.
4. Architecture Springing from a support or an abutment that is higher at one side than at the other: a rampant arch.
adv.
In an unrestrained and often menacing manner: vandals running rampant in the city.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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