loudly

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

• enPR: loud′lē, IPA^(key): /ˈlaʊdli/

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• Hyphenation: loud‧ly

loudly (comparative loudlier or more loudly, superlative loudliest or most loudly)

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!