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obstreperously

obstreperously adverb: in an obstreperous manner.

Adverb

obstreperously (comparative more obstreperously, superlative most obstreperously)

  1. In an obstreperous manner.
    • The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Spouter-Inn”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 16

Forms of obstreperously

comparativemore obstreperously
superlativemost obstreperously

Origin of obstreperously

From obstreperous + -ly.

Questions about obstreperously

What does obstreperously mean?
Obstreperously means in an obstreperous manner.
What part of speech is obstreperously?
Obstreperously is an adverb.

Words near obstreperously in the dictionary

  1. obstreperated
  2. obstreperates
  3. obstreperating
  4. obstreperosity
  5. obstreperous
  6. obstreperously
  7. obstreperousness
  8. obstriction
  9. obstrictions
  10. obstringed
  11. obstropalous

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