resoundingly

adverb

Definition of resoundinglynext
as in stridently

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Recent Examples of resoundingly Property owners resoundingly rejected a recent request to pay more to fund streetlight repairs. — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026 Ignoring the voters’ will If history repeats again, the district court will refuse to enforce the anti-gerrymandering Fair District amendments that voters approved resoundingly 16 years ago. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026 The answer, resoundingly, was no. — Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 21 June 2026 Wigan, United Kingdom — Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is poised to challenge British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for the country’s premiership after resoundingly winning a special election in Makerfield, northwest England, and securing his return to parliament. — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 Sherman, who at 71 has served almost 30 years in Congress, resoundingly beat out Levine by more than 20 points. — Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Voters resoundingly reiterated their support for a more traditional prosecutorial approach favored by Jones Dickson after Price's recall, rejecting a return to the progressive prosecution reforms championed by Price. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 June 2026 Voters in a Southern California city moved to cement what is believed to be the nation's first ban on data centers, appearing to resoundingly approve a ballot measure that prohibits the facilities citywide. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 4 June 2026 The response to Marvel’s most unconventional series has been so resoundingly positive that Disney has ordered a second season, a rarity for Marvel shows. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resoundingly
  1. stridently
  2. blatantly
  3. vociferously
  4. loudly
  5. boisterously
  6. noisily
  7. uproariously
  8. clearly
Adverb
  • 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
  • Environmentalists have repeatedly and stridently pointed out bright lights disorient nesting sea turtles and their young.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
Definition of stridently
Adverb
  • This might explain why historical comparisons are often misunderstood or blatantly ignored.
    — Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • Of course, no one bothers with that, even with the content that’s blatantly generated.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
Definition of blatantly
Adverb
  • In a statement, the soccer federation vociferously pushed back.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 June 2026
  • Which helps explain why companies complain vociferously about the absence of these skills in entry-level workers.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Definition of vociferously
Adverb
  • On the opposite side of the ball, he could be heard barking orders out during pick-and-roll situations, loudly letting teammates know where the ball-handler was headed.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 18 July 2026
  • This isn’t a case of one person speaking a little too loudly.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 16 July 2026
Definition of loudly
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
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  • 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
  • Fresh, provocative and uproariously funny.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
  • Cunk on Earth plays like a Daily Show segment spread out across five hours, in which viewers watch the earnest — and ofttimes exasperated — talking heads field inane questions from Morgan’s uproariously daft Cunk.
    — Andrew Walsh, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Apr. 2026
Definition of uproariously
Adverb
  • The video clearly showed the forward had dived after a tackle from Leandro Paredes.
    — The Athletic Soccer Experts, New York Times, 14 July 2026
  • Paramount already offered concessions to Bonta to avert a lawsuit, but Bonta and his counterparts clearly wanted more.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
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“Resoundingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resoundingly. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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