stridently

adverb

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as in vociferously

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Recent Examples of stridently 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, 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 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 Environmentalists have repeatedly and stridently pointed out bright lights disorient nesting sea turtles and their young. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026 The aim would seem to be to stridently prevent or mitigate the downsides and ensure that the upsides are widely and readily available. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 Democrats stridently, including on this program, said time and again that his cognitive abilities were fine. — CBS News, 31 May 2026 As one of the most stridently political voices on the show, the network allegedly decided to cut ties with her in 2013 because audiences found her views to be too conservative. — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026 The congresswoman, who is running for a fourth term representing a southeastern Florida district, has denied wrongdoing, and her attorney stridently criticized Thursday's public hearing -- the first open proceeding in nearly 15 years. — Stephen Groves, Arkansas Online, 28 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stridently
  1. vociferously
  2. blatantly
  3. noisily
  4. loudly
  5. boisterously
  6. resoundingly
  7. distinctly
  8. lustily
Adverb
  • Many diners would vociferously argue that Wok-Inn is always worth any wait.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of vociferously
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  • Both of Bisignano’s emails prompted online complaints from people who viewed them as blatantly political messages from agencies that are supposed to be nonpartisan.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
  • One woman who grew up in China during Mao's Cultural Revolution is not only pushing back against her home country's reaction, but also calling out how blatantly ridiculous the situation is.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of blatantly
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
  • Calle 13 became famous not just for its edgy rap and urban music, but also for loudly calling out the economic and social inequalities that afflicted Puerto Rico.
    — Helena Alonso Paisley, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Ruffalo said as the crowd, realizing who was speaking, started cheering loudly.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of loudly
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  • 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
  • In a shocking upset, a student movement resoundingly beat longtime Serbian leader President Aleksandar Vucic, ending his time in power after 14 years.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026
  • So Zohran Mamdani deserves at least tentative kudos for taking it on so early in his administration and for offering a solution that, while resoundingly imperfect, at least seems grounded in the real world.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of resoundingly
Adverb
  • Industry expectations are distinctly low for the Japanese government’s ambitious plans to support overseas sales of domestic content.
    — Gavin J Blair, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • This distinctly North Korean punishment, used especially to discipline and defenestrate high officials, strips a person of office and sends him to perform physical labor and political reeducation, often in the countryside.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of distinctly
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

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