STRIDENTLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

stridently

adverb

Definition of stridently

as in vociferously

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Recent Examples of stridently 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, 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 Georgescu was stridently pro-Russia, and the Kremlin celebrated his victory—but Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the result, citing evidence of interference. — Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 8 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 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, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

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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

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

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Body cam video from the officer shows the large dog, wearing a Knicks T-shirt, barked loudly at police when Marseille first opened her door.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The equal-weight S & P 500 gained 2% and reached a new high while semis sustained that 15% drop, as many market observers cheered loudly and claimed to have been bullish on healthcare and insurance stocks all along.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 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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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

Definition of resoundingly

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That balance is what makes the restaurant feel distinctly Harlem in the summer.

— Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
There’s an emerging consensus right now, particularly among AI skeptics, that the most distinctly human qualities are emotion, intuition, the ability to sense and feel.

— Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Definition of distinctly

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

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