1
[ adverb ] suddenly and rapidly

Examples

"the population in Central America is growing explosively"

Used in print

(Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)

For that legend was growing explosively , Rumor was insisting he received a price of $ 600 a man .

2
[ adverb ] in an explosive manner

Examples

"the political situation in Kashmir and Jammu is explosively unstable"

Related terms

explosive explosive

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Rhymes with

conclusively exclusively inconclusively effusively impulsively compulsively massively passively persuasively aggressively impressively impassively obsessively excessively progressively decisively derisively exhaustively successively comprehensively expensively inexpensively extensively offensively intensively defensively sensitively intuitively competitively cumulatively relatively legislatively furtively authoritatively administratively creatively qualitatively assertively productively attractively attentively retroactively respectively selectively effectively objectively seductively deceptively protectively collectively constructively retrospectively comparatively instinctively alternatively appreciatively positively imaginatively tentatively figuratively effectively distinctively negatively provocatively cooperatively prohibitively conservatively consecutively actively naively lively lovely plaintively quantitatively tentatively bravely gravely plaintively

Phonetic and Homophones

EH2 K S P L OW1 S IH0 V L IY0

Similar Spelling

explosive exploitive explosive_unit explorative explosion expletive exploitative

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