STRIDENTLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

stridently

adverb

Definition of stridently

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

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Adverb

Cinema United, the movie theater trade organization, once vociferously opposed to the merger, backed off Tuesday and called for a settlement to avoid industry uncertainty.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of vociferously

Adverb

The Congressional Black Caucus and fellow Democrats swiftly slammed the vile attack as blatantly racist.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
His ability to fund campaigns for far-right and/or blatantly authoritarian political parties has gone from financially motivated to straight-up sinister.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of blatantly

Adverb

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
In 2024, likewise, some leaders of the activist left noisily defected from the Harris-Walz ticket.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of noisily

Adverb

Others work automatically whenever the canine barks too loudly or too much.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
It was crowded with guests like Schrader, Chloë Sevigny, and Alessandro Nivola spilling out into the restaurant, drinking and reminiscing quite loudly about their work with Killer over the years.

— Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of loudly

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

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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
Progressive challengers Elijah Manley and Oliver Larkin failed resoundingly.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of resoundingly

Adverb

Hanlon reimagined the song with a bachata rhythm, while Thalia brought her powerful pop vocals and a distinctly Mexican touch to the arrangement.

— Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2026
With the resurgence of Y2K fashion, celebrities have taken a distinctly unique approach to the trends.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of distinctly

Adverb

Its 90-minute set was lustily accompanied by Dudamel and his band.

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

Definition of lustily

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