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stertorously

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • UK: /ˈstəː.təɹ.əs.li/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs.li/

1

adv

Meaning 1

With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a noisy and stertorous manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he was breathing stertorously

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English stertorous Middle English -ly English -ly English stertorously From stertorous + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: хри́пкаво (hrípkavo) — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Czech: chroptivě — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Finnish: korahdellen — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Finnish: koristen — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • German: röchelnd — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Russian: тяжело́ (tjaželó) — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Russian: хрипя́ще (xripjášče) — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Russian: затруднённо (zatrudnjónno) — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Russian: стерторо́зно (stertorózno) — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Serbo-Croatian: хроптаво — with heavy breathing, as if snoring
  • Serbo-Croatian: hroptavo — with heavy breathing, as if snoring