Both Uses
tumult
in
The Pit and the Pendulum
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- At a wave of my hand my deliverers hurried tumultuously away.
*tumultuously = in a noisy disorderly manner
- Very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and, in my ears, the sound of its beating.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(tumult as in: couldn't hear over the tumult) loud noise -- usually created by an unrestrained crowd or some kind of confusion
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(2)
(tumult as in: tumult in financial markets) confusion or disorder
- (3) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)