All 6 Uses

impetuous
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Adam Bede
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"Let be!" said Adam impetuously, shaking her off and seizing one of the planks that stood against the wall.†
Chpt 4 *

impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
In reality Adam was convinced that his father was dead but he knew there was no other way of repressing his mother's impetuous wailing grief than by occupying her with some active task which had hope in it.†
Chpt 4

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)
But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, warm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.†
Chpt 12
Arthur burst out impetuously; "I feel it enough without your worrying me."†
Chpt 28

impetuously = impulsively (acting suddenly without much thought)
"You've no right to say as I love him," she said, faintly, but impetuously, plucking another rough leaf and tearing it up.†
Chpt 30
Adam needed the calm influence; he was amazed at the way in which this new thought of Dinah's love had taken possession of him, with an overmastering power that made all other feelings give way before the impetuous desire to know that the thought was true.†
Chpt 51

impetuous = impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought)

Definitions:

(1) (impetuous as in: an impetuous decision)
impulsive (acting suddenly without much thought) -- often with an unfortunate consequence
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In historic literature, impetuous often refers to any rapid, forceful, and/or violent movement.