rambunctious
adjective
difficult to control or handle; wildly boisterous.
rambunctiously
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a word derived from
rambunctious.
Example Sentences
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He duets with Starr on Home To Us, which barrels along rambunctiously as they recall their humble origins.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Themes as well-worn as Indiana Jones’s hat enjoyed fresh vigor — including the unexpectedly complex “Marion’s Theme” from the Indiana franchise and Williams’s rambunctiously evocative action-sequence-in-sound, “Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 24, 2022
It may have been The Black Tones release party, but the recent sold-out Chop Suey show also felt like a coming-out party for this intriguing new band, who impressed with a rambunctiously tousled set.
From Seattle Times ● May 1, 2019
In the Madison Square Park dog run, we went unnoticed until a Pomeranian caught sight of us and yapped so rambunctiously that the seal and I took refuge in a nearby Starbucks.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
Ken Johnson Contemporary art in China is as rambunctiously antitraditional as it is anywhere else in the world.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2011
