loud

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adjective, loud·er, loud·est.

(of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
making, emitting, or uttering strongly audible sounds: a quartet of loud trombones.
clamorous, vociferous, or blatant; noisy: a loud party; a loud demonstration.

emphatic or insistent: to be loud in one's praises; a loud denial.
garish, conspicuous, or ostentatious, as colors, dress, or the wearer of garish dress: loud ties; a loud dresser.
obtrusively vulgar, as manners or persons.
strong or offensive in smell.

adverb

in a loud manner; loudly: Don't talk so loud.

Idioms

out loud, aloud; audibly: I thought it, but I never said it out loud. Just whisper, don't speak out loud.

Origin of loud

before 900; Middle English; Old English hlūd; cognate with Old Frisian, Old Saxon hlūd (Dutch luid), Old High German hlūt (German laut); akin to Greek klytós famous

Related formsloud·ly, adverbloud·ness, nouno·ver·loud, adjectiveo·ver·loud·ly, adverbo·ver·loud·ness, nounun·loud·ly, adjective

Synonyms

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1. resounding; deafening; stentorian. Loud, noisy describe a strongly audible sound or sounds. Loud means characterized by a full, powerful sound or sounds, which make a strong impression on the organs of hearing: a loud voice, laugh, report. Noisy refers to a series of sounds, and suggests clamor and discordance, or persistence in making loud sounds that are disturbing and annoying: a noisy crowd. 5. gaudy, flashy, showy.

Antonyms

1. quiet.

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Examples from the Web for loudly

Contemporary Examples

Priests often preach support for the regime to their congregations, many of whom loudly dissent.
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December 25, 2014
Her new friends jump to her defense and loudly tell the clerk to back off.
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“The fact that the left reacted so loudly” told him it was working, Jindal said.
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They compared outfits, loudly greeted friends, tapped on their iPhones.
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September 8, 2014
Now they stripped down and loudly, laughingly dove into the cooling water.
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August 15, 2014

Historical Examples

They were all fighting away, and shouting angrily and loudly.
Rico and Wiseli
Johanna Spyri
"No," she said again, this time speaking so loudly that she startled herself.
The Foolish Lovers
St. John G. Ervine
What did it mean by beginning to tick so loudly all of a sudden?
The Secret Agent
Joseph Conrad
A mere "No," shouted never so loudly, would not have met the needs of the case.
American Notes
Rudyard Kipling
It was wide open, and she rapped on it loudly, and then turned her back.
Meadow Grass
Alice Brown

British Dictionary definitions for loudly

loud

adjective

(of sound) relatively great in volumea loud shout
making or able to make sounds of relatively great volumea loud voice
clamorous, insistent, and emphaticloud protests
(of colours, designs, etc) offensive or obtrusive to look at
characterized by noisy, vulgar, and offensive behaviour

adverb

in a loud manner
out loud audibly, as distinct from silently

Derived Formsloudly, adverbloudness, noun

Word Origin

Old English hlud; related to Old Swedish hlūd, German laut

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Word Origin and History for loudly

adv.

c.1400, from loud + -ly (2).

loud

adj.

Old English hlud "noisy, making noise, sonorous," from West Germanic *khluthaz "heard" (cf. Old Frisian and Old Saxon hlud, Middle Dutch luut, Dutch luid, Old High German hlut, German laut "loud"), from PIE past participle *klutos- (cf. Sanskrit srutah, Greek klytos "heard of, celebrated," Armenian lu "known," Welsh clod "praise"), from root *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).

Application to colors first recorded 1849. The adverb is from Old English hlude, from Proto-Germanic *khludai (cf. Dutch luid, German laut). Paired with clear since at least c.1650.

Idioms and Phrases with loudly

loud

In addition to the idioms beginning with loud

loud and clear
loud mouth

also see:

actions speak louder than words
big (loud) mouth
for crying out loud
out loud
think aloud
(loud enough) to wake the dead

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Examples from the Web for loudly

Contemporary Examples

Priests often preach support for the regime to their congregations, many of whom loudly dissent.

Her new friends jump to her defense and loudly tell the clerk to back off.

“The fact that the left reacted so loudly” told him it was working, Jindal said.

They compared outfits, loudly greeted friends, tapped on their iPhones.

Now they stripped down and loudly, laughingly dove into the cooling water.

Historical Examples

They were all fighting away, and shouting angrily and loudly.

"No," she said again, this time speaking so loudly that she startled herself.

What did it mean by beginning to tick so loudly all of a sudden?

A mere "No," shouted never so loudly, would not have met the needs of the case.

It was wide open, and she rapped on it loudly, and then turned her back.

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Word Origin

Word Origin and History for loudly

adv.

loud

adj.

Idioms and Phrases with loudly

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Origin of loud