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torrentially
adverb
uk /təˈren.ʃəl.i/ us /tɔːˈren.ʃəl.i/
If it rains torrentially, it rains very heavily:
Around lunchtime it began to rain torrentially.
The rain continued to fall torrentially until the evening.
If water moves torrentially, it moves in large amounts very quickly:
During the rainy season, the river flows torrentially through the valley.
The flood waters swept torrentially down from the hills.
It had been raining hard all morning, sometimes torrentially.
We took shelter in the library because it was raining torrentially outside.
Streams of water were hammering torrentially on the roof of our makeshift shelter.
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