THUNDEROUSLY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

thunderously

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as in noisily

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Recent Examples of thunderously David Sims explores how Robert Duvall could carry a film thunderously, yet also stand out in the subtlest of roles. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026 A lot of this is due to a thunderously loud W16 that pumps out 1,578 hp and 1,180. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2025 There are a lot of subtle winks like that in the series, including someone other than Kyle MacLachlan playing a character named Agent Cooper, and even a reference to Hawke’s hilarious, thunderously great performance as John Brown in The Good Lord Bird. — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2025

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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

But everyone will immediately notice all those new jersey patches for Notre Dame, Ohio State, LSU, Wisconsin and many more, especially when the Buckeyes are bringing in $17 million for theirs and the Irish are loudly earning up to $20 million.

— Jason Kirk, New York Times, 31 July 2026
As well as being Reilly’s champion and big-brother figure, Tony Wilson was a legendary hater who loudly decried his prize artist’s singing voice, including in the liner notes of his own reissue of Vini Reilly.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of loudly

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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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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

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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

Definition of lustily

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Options flows in the stock were resoundingly bullish, with more than 114,000 calls traded versus just under 50,000 puts.

— Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Nolan also resoundingly highlights the role of women in this epic, who also include briefly Lupita Nyong’o’s Helen and her twin sister Clytemnestra.

— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 16 July 2026

Definition of resoundingly

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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
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

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