rush
verb (used without object)
to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
rushingly
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a word derived from
rush.
Example Sentences
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It leaped forth rushingly towards the target, and all eyes followed it in its flight.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
My zeal for expression from within-outward amounts to an enthusiasm, and is stated rushingly as an heroic measure is brought, only because it is so pitifully overlooked in the present scheme of things.
From Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation by Will Levington Comfort
In the rushingly enlarged vision I had of them, the wrath on the woman's face was even more saliently the main thing than I had supposed it would be.
From And Even Now by Sir Max Beerbohm
To have a rapid growth in market value or in popular favor; to go on rushingly.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Evening was fast dropping down; and as the shade of night fell on the scene, the wind tossed more rushingly the boughs of the thick trees, and roared down the rocky valley.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various
