rowdilyadv.
/ˈraʊdɪli/, U.S. /ˈraʊdəli/ In a rowdy fashion; noisily, boisterously.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [adverb] > noisy
noisefully?1611
noisily1779
streperously1822
whang1844
rowdily1853
the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adverb] > boisterously
coltishly1561
cricket-a-wicket1598
rowdily1853
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > confused sound > [adverb] > rowdy noise
obstreperously1615
rowdily1853
1853 N.Y. Daily Tribune 2 Aug. 4/3 How can one of these refuse licences to the grog shops, however rowdily conducted, from which his ‘voters’ were drawn for the eventful Primary Meeting?
1894 W. M. Conway Climbing & Explor. in Karakoram-Himalayas iii. 62 We sang, too rowdily, I fear, the poplar avenue having to echo back the strains of ‘Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay’.
1921 C. N. Mackenzie Tale of Trooper iv. 32 Crowds of men splashed rowdily about in great sails of water.
1956 Poetry Aug. 338 This version bounces along, rowdily enough, flippant, and coarse at the right moments.
2007 Daily Tel. 20 Sept. 30/3 American folk forms were rowdily mutating, coalescing in noisy bars to become rock and roll.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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