[
UK
/lˈaʊdli/
]
[ US /ˈɫaʊdɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɫaʊdɫi/ ]
ADVERB
-
in manner that attracts attention
obstreperously, he demanded to get service - used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
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with relatively high volume
cried aloud for help
he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him
the band played loudly
she spoke loudly and angrily
How To Use loudly In A Sentence
- Once, just after Inez served apple pie a la mode, Alfred snorted suddenly, loudly.
- I think it drives the kids crazy because I sing very loudly and off key.
- When they are captured, they will often loudly proclaim their innocence.
- The water gurgled and purled, loudly at first, then softly, as a powerful foot-wide whirlpool took shape.
- A woodpecker called loudly in the beech wood; a "wish-wish" in the air overhead was caused by the swift motion of a wood-pigeon passing from "holt" to "hurst," from copse to copse. The Life of the Fields
- The bears are growling loudly. Times, Sunday Times
- The dog barked loudly at the stranger.
- Rubiochico,) "which was fast swamping the sparkling stars, like a bright river flowing over diamonds, when the old gander again set up his gabblement and trumpeted more loudly than before. Tom Cringle's Log
- When dad got the third or fourth bittle of cognac, you laughed loudly. RIP, grandpa.
- After a dozen golden oldies had been sung loudly if untunefully, it was noticed that a number of non-MEOSA guests had fled the premises.
