thunderously

adverb

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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thunderously
  1. noisily
  2. loudly
  3. boisterously
  4. uproariously
  5. lustily
  6. resoundingly
  7. vociferously
  8. stridently
Adverb
  • Students were pouring noisily out of classrooms like concertgoers attempting to leave a venue.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of noisily
Adverb
  • The professional explorers spent a year living inside the Boundary Waters, using their platform to speak loudly for its protection.
    — Erin Hassanzadeh, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Odds of getting shares were worse than one in five thousand, which explains pretty loudly why the stock popped so much on launch.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 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
Adverb
  • Cinematic/Alamy One day a guest told a joke that was uproariously funny, but a little too spicy for radio.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Fresh, provocative and uproariously funny.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
Definition of uproariously
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
Definition of lustily
Adverb
  • Progressive challengers Elijah Manley and Oliver Larkin failed resoundingly.
    — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Florida, a solidly red state where socialism is viewed in some corners as a four-letter word, has resoundingly bucked that trend.
    — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of resoundingly
Adverb
  • 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
  • Certain members of the cast push the humor a little too vociferously.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of vociferously
Adverb
  • 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
Definition of stridently

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“Thunderously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunderously. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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