loudly
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English loudly, equivalent to loud + -ly.
Pronunciation
editAdverb
editloudly (comparative loudlier or more loudly, superlative loudliest or most loudly)
- 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!
Translations
editin a loud manner
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