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LOUDLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With relatively high volume
Example:
cried aloud for help
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Antonym:
softly (with low volume)
Pertainym:
loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
Synonyms:
forte; loudly
Classified under:
Sense 3
Meaning:
In manner that attracts attention
Example:
obstreperously, he demanded to get service
Synonyms:
clamorously; loudly; obstreperously
Classified under:
Adverbs
Context examples:
I shouted loudly and waved my handkerchief.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The rabbit could not turn, and as the white teeth broke its back in mid air it shrieked as loudly as a stricken man may shriek.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The other Indians laughed loudly, and urged the man on to pick up the cub.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
But the driver had already climbed back into his perch, laughing as loudly as any of his companions.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I learned that if I roared very loudly every living thing was frightened and got out of my way.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
He continued, uttering each word distinctly, calmly, steadily, but not loudly—It simply consists in the existence of a previous marriage.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
“When this was pulled down, the bell in the kitchen must have rung loudly,” he remarked.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He turned on hearing a noise, and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields with a speed of which his debilitated form hardly appeared capable.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
I had begun to be a little uncomfortable, and to wish myself well out of the visit, when a figure coming down the street passed the door—it stood open to air the room, which was warm, the weather being close for the time of year—came back again, looked in, and walked in, exclaiming loudly, Copperfield!
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
About the middle of the next day, as she was in her room getting ready for a walk, a sudden noise below seemed to speak the whole house in confusion; and, after listening a moment, she heard somebody running up stairs in a violent hurry, and calling loudly after her.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
