Definition of stridently in English:
stridently
adverbˈstrʌɪd(ə)ntliˈstraɪd(ə)ntli
1In an extremely forceful way.
I stridently opposed the policies of the government
Example sentencesExamples
- People choose not to buy advertised goods, and even to stridently reject advertising.
- The social philosophy of chief constables also tends to the conservative, albeit less stridently expressed for the most part.
- In Milan, designers make a case for a suit that is stridently individual.
- The acceptance speeches alternated between the embarrassingly grateful and the stridently self-promotional.
- Their leaders stridently lobbied the departing British for constitutional protections.
2With a loud and harsh or grating sound.
dogs bark stridently, grating on eardrums
Example sentencesExamples
- As the radio talk show host stridently screams into a microphone, I roll my eyes.
- The door wailed stridently as the assailants' gunfire intensifed.
- Lady Catherine called stridently, bustling into the hall as an aggrieved Collins waddled towards the relative safety of her skirts.
- Ignore her calls until she stridently whines into the answering machine, demanding to be heard.
- It was impossible not to overhear the hard-edged voice from the next room stridently singing the praises of men wearing khaki.
Definition of stridently in US English:
stridently
adverbˈstrīd(ə)ntlēˈstraɪd(ə)ntli
1In an extremely forceful way.
I stridently opposed the policies of the government
Example sentencesExamples
- Their leaders stridently lobbied the departing British for constitutional protections.
- People choose not to buy advertised goods, and even to stridently reject advertising.
- In Milan, designers make a case for a suit that is stridently individual.
- The acceptance speeches alternated between the embarrassingly grateful and the stridently self-promotional.
- The social philosophy of chief constables also tends to the conservative, albeit less stridently expressed for the most part.
2With a loud and harsh or grating sound.
dogs bark stridently, grating on eardrums
Example sentencesExamples
- The door wailed stridently as the assailants' gunfire intensifed.
- Ignore her calls until she stridently whines into the answering machine, demanding to be heard.
- As the radio talk show host stridently screams into a microphone, I roll my eyes.
- It was impossible not to overhear the hard-edged voice from the next room stridently singing the praises of men wearing khaki.
- Lady Catherine called stridently, bustling into the hall as an aggrieved Collins waddled towards the relative safety of her skirts.