reverberantlyadv.
/rᵻˈvəːb(ə)rəntli/, /rᵻˈvəːb(ə)rn̩tli/, U.S. /rəˈvərb(ə)rən(t)li/, /riˈvərb(ə)rən(t)li/ With a reverberating, echoing sound; resonantly. Also in extended use.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb] > reverberating or echoing
anacamptically1706
echoingly1854
reverberantly1882
1882 Frank Leslie's Sunday Mag. Oct. 355/1 The door closed reverberantly behind the retiring member of the ‘council’.
1921 F. H. Snow Red Flowers vi. 109 Through these corridors he passed, his footsteps echoing reverberantly before and behind him, below and above, like a ghostly voice.
1976 Gramophone Oct. 644/1 He is made to stand out too reverberantly against the street-vendors' cries in Act 2.
1988 Atlantic May 92/2 The narrative centers on moments reverberantly symbolic for the faithful.
2003 Washington Post (Nexis) 22 Dec. c5 Their diction impeccable and their tone quality reverberantly alive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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