soundinglyadv.
/ˈsaʊndɪŋli/ In a sounding manner; so as to emit or cause a sound, esp. a loud sound or noise; sonorously, imposingly.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > thing heard > [adverb] > sounding
soundingly1697
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > resonance or sonority > [adverb]
brightOE
shilla1250
shillya1400
sonorously1595
resoundingly1611
canorously1680
resonantly1685
sonoriferously1693
soundingly1697
twangingly1825
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adverb] > loftily or grandiloquently
loftily1548
loftly1598
tragically1602
magnificently1630
sublimely1631
grandiloquently1821
soundingly1843
magniloquently1849
largely1857
1697 J. Sergeant Solid Philos. 70 Those which by the smart motion of the Ayr, do come in thro' the Drum of the Ear,..do affect it with a kind of vibration, or (as we may say) Soundingly.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xiii. 170 Ye Pharisees,..who soundingly appeal to human nature.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend I. ii. xvi. 311 No attendant to slap him soundingly.
1884 J. T. Trowbridge Farnell's Folly I. xiii. 141 The said library, so soundingly alluded to, was entirely imaginary.
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