LOUDLY Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

loudly

adverb

Definition of loudly

as in loud

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Recent Examples of loudly Advertisement Salvador remembers a teacher who was struggling to speak loudly enough for her class. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 Rory spoke out too loudly against the authorities and paid the price. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 The quiet catcher had loudly blasted a ball that sent Chavez Ravine into tremors. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 By loudly trumpeting its long-standing sense of style, innovation and heritage of course. — New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026 That doesn’t mean speaking loudly or with exaggerated energy. — Karolyn Raphael, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026 But Maguire and Strayer are felt as loudly as Maines across the record, through their gorgeous harmonies, but also fiddle and banjo and, sometimes, sitar and accordion. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026 Inside, there was a taste of things to come as the City lineup was loudly jeered by the home fans. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 Callum whispered his choices and Maya repeated them loudly to the server. — Deepa Fernandes, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for loudly

Adverb

Emotions run high and loud; the camera peers closely into their grief.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
For example, researchers need to know how far away a bird is when making a call because distance affects how loud the call sounds.

— Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of loud

Adverb

Before the meeting started, an attendee asked a DEC employee by the sign-in table about the large industrial fans built into the gym’s walls, which were whirring noisily.

— Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Contemporary foes like Iraq’s Saddam Hussein and North Korea’s Kim Jong-il remained firmly, if sometimes noisily, contained.

— Michael E. Neagle, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of noisily

Adverb

Ahmed wrapped his face in a red kaffiyeh—the fantasy of a man in hiding, ostentatiously drawing attention to himself.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026

Definition of ostentatiously

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In a defining game that many thought would expose problems masked by UCLA’s early-season success, the Bruins — though imperfect — vociferously announced their arrival to the college football world as legitimate playoff contenders.

— Elias Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
Earlier this month, Cruz vociferously rejected the idea that artificial intelligence companies should be granted antitrust exemptions in order to collaborate on ways to implement industry-wide AI safety guardrails.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of vociferously

Adverb

Rooms are decorated with minibars crafted in Jaipur, flamboyantly upholstered chairs, Murano-glass chandeliers, and marbled wallpaper sourced and crafted in Italy.

— Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of flamboyantly

Adverb

Lawsuits, bureaucratic battles, boisterously divisive council arguments and vicious social media debates have been part of Bloomfield life for years, and intensified during Danielle Wong’s contentious time as mayor.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026
Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith’s screenplay is littered with exaggerated stereotypes just waiting to be boisterously subverted.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 29 June 2026

Definition of boisterously

Adverb

Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin didn’t play due to injury and was still lustily booed in Detroit’s season opener following his trade request over the summer.

— Matt Piper, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Its 90-minute set was lustily accompanied by Dudamel and his band.

— Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of lustily

Adverb

For many years, the EPP staunchly supported former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s stridently nationalist Fidesz party, hoping to keep him within Europe’s political mainstream.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
DeSantis stridently opposed both measures, which failed to get the 60% support needed to pass.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of stridently

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