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rambunctiously

/ræmˈbʌŋk.ʃəs.li/
ram · bunc · tious · ly
Adjective:rambunctious
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• adverb

1

North American In a boisterous, wildly energetic, or uncontrollably noisy manner.

Example

"The puppies played rambunctiously across the backyard, tumbling over one another in the grass."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Formed from the adjective rambunctious plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Rambunctious originated as American English slang in the 1830s (early variants included rumbunctious and rambumptious), likely as a playful blend of ramble or robust with bumptious.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Rambunctiously. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/rambunctiously
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