exothermically adverb1 •In an exothermic mannerAldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich The fused cyclobutenomaleimide is much more reactive than Smith’s diene; it reacts with cyclopentadiene exothermically at room temperature to yield the extended isomer as the major cycloaddition product. formsmore exothermically · most exothermically