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dissonantly

dissonantly adverb: in a dissonant manner.

Adverb

dissonantly (comparative more dissonantly, superlative most dissonantly)

  1. In a dissonant manner.
    • The graceful, otherworldly sounds on which the first movement was built gave way to sharply articulated, dissonantly blaring woodwind and brass chords, and eventually to a mechanistic passage that combined rumbling low notes and a steady, searing high pitch.2009 September 14, Allan Kozinn, “Austrian Avant-Garde: Eerie Textures and Text”, in New York Times

Forms of dissonantly

comparativemore dissonantly
superlativemost dissonantly

Origin of dissonantly

From dissonant + -ly.

Questions about dissonantly

What does dissonantly mean?
Dissonantly means in a dissonant manner.
What part of speech is dissonantly?
Dissonantly is an adverb.

Words near dissonantly in the dictionary

  1. dissonance
  2. dissonances
  3. dissonancies
  4. dissonancy
  5. dissonant
  6. dissonantly
  7. dissonate
  8. dissonated
  9. dissonates
  10. dissonating
  11. dissophyte

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