loudly

adverb

Definition of loudlynext
1
as in loud

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as in noisily

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Recent Examples of loudly Deep in the cornfields of northeast Iowa, a cacophony of voices loudly whispered to build a permanent baseball stadium. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026 For the next few seconds, the only sound came from Julia eating way too loudly. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026 Clancy was heard loudly sobbing during the graphic testimony about the injuries to her children's bodies. — Melina Khan, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Judge William Sullivan sent the jury out of the courtroom twice Wednesday afternoon as Clancy sobbed loudly during testimony about her children. — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 He was booed repeatedly and loudly during his debut start at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. — Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 9 Aug. 2026 On Thursday, Clancy loudly sobbed, shuddered and covered her face with her hands as a medical examiner testified about Callan’s autopsy. — Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 With all that in mind, Entertainment Weekly has put together a rundown of celebrities who have loudly and proudly embraced a childfree life. — Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Aug. 2026 Sometimes the better signal is a smaller group of people complaining loudly about a problem nobody has solved well. — Jason Simmons, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loudly
  1. loud
  2. noisily
  3. ostentatiously
  4. vociferously
  5. flamboyantly
  6. boisterously
  7. lustily
  8. stridently
Adverb
  • There’s another description of an older car that’s real loud.
    — Dateline NBC, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Every court now wrestling with preemption is really wrestling with that silence, and silence, at this volume, is a decision someone will eventually have to make out loud.
    — Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of loud
Adverb
  • Despite that underlying tension, kids play on the street outside while the large family has a dynamic like any other — noisily squabbling, joking, or in the case of the matriarchal grandmother, Mariam (Hiam Abbass), preparing a meal in a kitchen plagued by constant utility outages.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
  • As Lurie was transitioning into the mayor’s office, union workers were noisily picketing outside several of the largest hotels in San Francisco.
    — J.D. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2026
Definition of noisily
Adverb
  • 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
  • In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.
    — Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Definition of ostentatiously
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  • These moves have once again foregrounded Paul's unproven claims that the SARS-Cov-2 virus came from a lab leak and that Fauci covered it up — a charge the scientist has vociferously denied.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 30 July 2026
  • Certain members of the cast push the humor a little too vociferously.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of vociferously
Adverb
  • 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
  • The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026
Definition of flamboyantly
Adverb
  • 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
  • These movies now add up to a canon greater than the sum of their boisterously funny, deliriously inventive parts.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 June 2026
Definition of boisterously
Adverb
  • Tom Cruise sat elbow to elbow with David Beckham; UCLA and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul Jabbar got a rousing ovation and Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was lustily booed.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
    — Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Definition of lustily
Adverb
  • South Florida has a large population of Venezuelan immigrants—a stridently anti-chavista voting bloc that many politicians see as crucial to winning elections.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Ukraine’s accession process was long stymied by Hungary, under stridently nationalist former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who was considered Russia’s strongest ally in Europe and possible threat to the EU project.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
Definition of stridently

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