loudly

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

• enPR: loud′lē, IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊdli/

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• Hyphenation: loud‧ly

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.