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loudly

adverb/ˈlaʊdli/

What It Means

In a loud manner; at a high volume.

In a loud manner; gaudily, showily.

He spoke loudly so that his brother could hear him from across the street.

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Loudly in Context

“And still when loudliest howls the storm, / And darkliest lowers his native sky, / The king's fierce soul is in that form, / The warrior's spirit threatens nigh!”

— 1846, R[obert] S[tephen] Hawker, “The Wreck”, in Echoes from Old Cornwall, London: Joseph Masters, stanza X, page 76

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From Middle English loudly, equivalent to loud + -ly.

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