adv
Meaning 1
In a loud manner; at a high volume.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He spoke loudly so that his brother could hear him from across the street.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loud
Antonyms: quietly
Standard Lemma guide
loudly
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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loud′lē
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/ˈlaʊdli/
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CMU ARPABET: L AW1 D L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In a loud manner; gaudily, showily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
Examples
- to dress loudly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with relatively high volume
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the band played loudly
- she spoke loudly and angrily
- he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him
- cried aloud for help
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: loud, aloud
Antonyms: softly
adverb
Meaning 4
used as a direction in music; to be played relatively loudly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forte
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
in manner that attracts attention
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- obstreperously, he demanded to get service
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: obstreperously, clamorously
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English loudly, equivalent to loud + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
57 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بِصَوْت عَالٍ (bi-ṣawt ʕālin) — in a loud manner
- Armenian: բարձր (barjr) — in a loud manner
- Armenian: բարձրաձայն (barjrajayn) — in a loud manner
- Azerbaijani: bərkdən — in a loud manner
- Azerbaijani: ucadan — in a loud manner
- Belarusian: гу́чна (húčna) — in a loud manner
- Catalan: sorollosament — in a loud manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 大聲 /大声 (dàshēng) — in a loud manner
- Chinese Mandarin: 高聲 /高声 (gāoshēng) — in a loud manner
- Czech: hlasitě — in a loud manner
- Danish: højt — in a loud manner
- Danish: højlydt — in a loud manner
- Esperanto: laŭte — in a loud manner
- Finnish: kovaa — in a loud manner
- French: fort — in a loud manner
- French: à voix haute — in a loud manner
- French: à haute voix — in a loud manner
- Galician: ruidosamente — in a loud manner
- Georgian: ხმამაღლა (xmamaɣla) — in a loud manner
- German: laut — in a loud manner
- Greek: δυνατά (dynatá) — in a loud manner
- Hindi: ज़ोर से (zor se) — in a loud manner
- Hungarian: hangosan — in a loud manner
- Irish: os ard — in a loud manner
- Italian: a voce alta — in a loud manner
- Italian: forte — in a loud manner
- Japanese: 大声で (ōgoe de) — in a loud manner
- Japanese: 大きな声で (ōki na koe de) — in a loud manner
- Khmer: ឮខ្លាំង (lɨɨ klang) — in a loud manner
- Korean: 크게 (keuge) — in a loud manner
- Latin: sonōrē — in a loud manner
- Macedonian: гла́сно (glásno) — in a loud manner
- Malayalam: ഉച്ചത്തിൽ (uccattil) — in a loud manner
- Northern Mansi: суиӈысь (suiňysʹ) — in a loud manner
- Eastern Mari: виян (vijan) — in a loud manner
- Norwegian Bokmål: høylytt — in a loud manner
- Old English: hlúde — in a loud manner
- Old English: hlúdswége — in a loud manner
- Polish: głośno — in a loud manner
- Portuguese: alto — in a loud manner
- Portuguese: ruidosamente — in a loud manner
- Romanian: tare — in a loud manner
- Romanian: zgomotos — in a loud manner
- Romanian: răsunător — in a loud manner
- Russian: гро́мко (grómko) — in a loud manner
- Serbo-Croatian: гла̏сно — in a loud manner
- Serbo-Croatian: glȁsno — in a loud manner
- Slovak: hlasno — in a loud manner
- Spanish: en voz alta — in a loud manner
- Spanish: ruidosamente — in a loud manner
- Swedish: högt — in a loud manner
- Swedish: högljutt — in a loud manner
- Telugu: బిగ్గరగా (biggaragā) — in a loud manner
- Turkish: sesli sesli — in a loud manner
- Turkish: seslice — in a loud manner
- Ukrainian: го́лосно (hólosno) — in a loud manner
- Ukrainian: гу́чно (húčno) — in a loud manner
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