loudly

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: loud′lē, IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊdli/

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• Hyphenation: loud‧ly

Adverb

loudly (comparative more loudly or (rare) loudlier, superlative most loudly or (rare) loudliest)

1. In a loud manner; at a high volume.

   Synonym: loud

   Antonym: quietly

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

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

     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!

   • 1873, Edgar Fawcett, Purple and Fine Linen. A Novel., G[eorge] W[ashington] Carleton & Co.; London: S[ampson] Low, Son & Co., page 404:

     Instead of that his hot hand suddenly seized mine and his dull-shining eyes swept my face for a moment, whilst he cried out, much loudlier and distinctlier than he had as yet spoken anything: “Edith! Ah, Edith, this is you at last. Where have you been keeping yourself?”

   • 2006, Dana Myrick, Brothers and Sons:

     "Holy crap on a cracker! That paint job would cost three or four thousand dollars in the city," exclaimed John loudly.

Translations

in a loud manner

• Arabic: بِصَوْت عَالٍ (bi-ṣawt ʕālin)
• Armenian: բարձր (hy) (barjr), բարձրաձայն (hy) (barjrajayn)
• Azerbaijani: bərkdən, ucadan
• Belarusian: гу́чна (húčna)
• Catalan: sorollosament (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大聲／大声 (zh) (dàshēng), 高聲／高声 (zh) (gāoshēng)

• Czech: hlasitě (cs)
• Danish: højt, højlydt
• Esperanto: laŭte
• Finnish: kovaa (fi)
• French: fort (fr), à voix haute (fr), à haute voix (fr)
• Galician: ruidosamente
• Georgian: ხმამაღლა (xmamaɣla)
• German: laut (de)
• Greek: δυνατά (el) (dynatá)
• Hindi: ज़ोर से (zor se)
• Irish: os ard
• Italian: a voce alta, forte (it)
• Japanese: 大声で (ja) (おおごえで, ōgoe de), 大きな声で (おおきなこえで, ōki na koe de)
• Khmer: ឮខ្លាំង (lɨɨ klang)
• Korean: 크게 (ko) (keuge)
• Latin: sonōrē
• Macedonian: гла́сно (glásno)
• Malayalam: ഉച്ചത്തിൽ (ml) (uccattil)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: виян (vijan)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: høylytt (no)

• Old English: hlúde, hlúdswége
• Polish: głośno (pl)
• Portuguese: alto (pt), ruidosamente (pt)
• Romanian: tare (ro), (of noises or music) zgomotos (ro), răsunător (ro)
• Russian: гро́мко (ru) (grómko)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гла̏сно

  Roman: glȁsno (sh)

• Slovak: hlasno
• Spanish: en voz alta, ruidosamente (es)
• Swedish: högt (sv), högljutt (sv)
• Telugu: బిగ్గరగా (biggaragā)
• Ukrainian: го́лосно (hólosno), гу́чно (húčno)