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as in loud
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as in noisily
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Recent Examples of loudly
Witnesses told officers the couple had been loudly arguing near the east side of the walking bridge at the lake.
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Timia Cobb
breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
While the French film industry, like Hollywood, is overwhelmingly liberal (think of the walkouts at the César Awards when accused statutory rapist Roman Polanski won best director in 2020), some of the biggest Gallic stars of yesteryear have loudly bucked the trend.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
Guidance encourages people to speak loudly, remain calm and slowly back away.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
When the choir was singing, the older of these two women started singing along, loudly, while everyone else in the congregation was quietly listening.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
Birds sing loudly in the morning because dawn cues their bodies to start communicating after a silent night.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
Many in the crowd cheered loudly for Golden State.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
Vance loudly rapped his fist on the conference table in support.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Surely putting this on, loudly, should generate enough friction in your household to drive off guests — of any political affiliation — who've overstayed their welcome.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Timia Cobb
breaking News Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
While the French film industry, like Hollywood, is overwhelmingly liberal (think of the walkouts at the César Awards when accused statutory rapist Roman Polanski won best director in 2020), some of the biggest Gallic stars of yesteryear have loudly bucked the trend.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 3 Jan. 2026
Guidance encourages people to speak loudly, remain calm and slowly back away.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
When the choir was singing, the older of these two women started singing along, loudly, while everyone else in the congregation was quietly listening.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
Birds sing loudly in the morning because dawn cues their bodies to start communicating after a silent night.
—Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 31 Dec. 2025
Many in the crowd cheered loudly for Golden State.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 31 Dec. 2025
Vance loudly rapped his fist on the conference table in support.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 30 Dec. 2025
Surely putting this on, loudly, should generate enough friction in your household to drive off guests — of any political affiliation — who've overstayed their welcome.
—Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for loudly
Adverb
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Inevitably, the scoreboard next year will be the scoreboard on this decision, no matter how loud the criticism.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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The officers gave him loud, verbal commands to drop the knife, according to officials.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
4 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Sparrows that had flown down into the roofless atrium chirped noisily.—
Daniyal Mueenuddin,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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Fireworks were bursting noisily in the sky of Inwood that night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The characters are bright, marionette-like caricatures whom the author constructs and moves ostentatiously in full view of the reader, revealing his artistic devices with a sense of absurd, mischievous humor.—
Nelly Klos
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Given that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ostentatiously dropped nearly all their public commitments when moved to California in 2021, this seems to represent a turnaround.—
Alexander Larman,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In 2015, the interchange proposal was vociferously opposed by residents in Gold River; the interchange would abut the unincorporated community without going directly into it.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Dani has fallen asleep, though only after complaining vociferously about the light.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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With the air choked by chemicals and ash, the sunsets were flamboyantly intense.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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O’Brien’s dual roles as both flamboyantly gay charm bomb Rocky — who is flattened in a car accident early in the film — and the grieving and straight Roman comprise a career-topping performance.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Spotted in the locker room after the game, Ball remained in relatively good spirits, boisterously chatting it up with his teammates.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Dec. 2025
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The doctor himself is characterized sometimes by boisterously chattering lines, sometimes by semi-Wagnerian bombast; at the end, his music turns elegiac, implicitly undercutting his dreams of beginning anew.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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One play after a Jalen Hurts fumble — and only three plays into the second half — the Philadelphia Eagles were trailing the Los Angeles Rams 26-7 in their NFC championship game rematch, with an offensive effort that was lustily booed by the home crowd.—
Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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And Bina remains as stridently anti-Joanne as ever, banning her from the Roklovs’ weekly Shabbat dinner and blaming her when Noah is passed over for the promotion.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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There are plenty of skeptics countering the AI hype machine, though few professional market analysts have done so as stridently as Julien Garran, a researcher and partner at the UK firm MacroStrategy Partnership.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Loudly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loudly. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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