Definition of "tumultuously"

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1635, William Camden, “The Ninth Yeere of Her Raigne. Anno Domini, 1566, and 1567.”, in R[obert] N[orton], transl., Annals, or, The Historie of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, Late Queen of England. […], 3rd edition, London: […] Thomas Harper, for Benjamin Fisher, […], 1st booke, page 69

But the greater truth may be that this is simply how generational and cultural change really comes to Washington—not in the flash of one man’s election, but gradually and tumultuously, with moments in which we lurch forward interrupted by stretches that drag us back.

2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a second term, [Barack] Obama will confront familiar headwinds”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company