From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Impetuous \Im*pet"u*ous\, adjective [F. impetueux, L. impetuosus. See {Impetus}.]
1. Rushing with force and violence; moving with impetus; furious; forcible; violent; as, an impetuous wind; an impetuous torrent.
Went pouring forward with impetuous speed. --Byron.
2. Vehement in feeling; hasty; passionate; violent; as, a man of impetuous temper.
The people, on their holidays, Impetuous, insolent, unquenchable. --Milton.
Syn: Forcible; rapid; hasty; precipitate; furious; boisterous; violent; raging; fierce; passionate. -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Im*pet"u*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
impetuously
adverb: in an impulsive or impetuous way; without taking cautions; "he often acts impulsively and later regrets it" [syn: {impulsively}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
59 Moby Thesaurus words for "impetuously": a corps perdu, abruptly, bang, carelessly, dash, desperately, furiously, happen what may, hastily, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotfoot, hotheadedly, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, impulsively, like a flash, like a thunderbolt, like crazy, like mad, madly, of a sudden, on short notice, overeagerly, overenthusiastically, overzealously, plop, plump, plunk, pop, precipitantly, precipitately, precipitously, quickly, ramble-scramble, rashly, recklessly, sharp, slam-bang, slap, slap-bang, slapdash, smack, startlingly, sudden, suddenly, surprisingly, unawares, unexpectedly, wantonly, wildly, without notice, without warning
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