loudly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English loudly, equivalent to loud + -ly.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]loudly (comparative more loudly or (rare) loudlier, superlative most loudly or (rare) loudliest)
- In a loud manner; at a high volume.
- Synonym: loud
- Antonym: quietly
- He spoke loudly so that his brother could hear him from across the street.
- 1846, R[obert] S[tephen] Hawker, “The Wreck”, in Echoes from Old Cornwall, London: Joseph Masters, […], →OCLC, stanza X, page 76:
- And still when loudliest howls the storm, / And darkliest lowers his native sky, / The king's fierce soul is in that form, / The warrior's spirit threatens nigh!
- 1873, Edgar Fawcett, Purple and Fine Linen. A Novel., G[eorge] W[ashington] Carleton & Co.; London: S[ampson] Low, Son & Co., page 404:
- Instead of that his hot hand suddenly seized mine and his dull-shining eyes swept my face for a moment, whilst he cried out, much loudlier and distinctlier than he had as yet spoken anything: “Edith! Ah, Edith, this is you at last. Where have you been keeping yourself?”
- 2006, Dana Myrick, Brothers and Sons:
- "Holy crap on a cracker! That paint job would cost three or four thousand dollars in the city," exclaimed John loudly.
Translations
[edit]in a loud manner
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