vociferously
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vo·cif·er·ous
(vō-sĭf′ər-əs)adj.
Making, given to, or marked by noisy and vehement outcry.
[Latin vocifer(ārī), to speak loudly; see vociferate, -ous.]
vo·cif′er·ous·ly adv.
vo·cif′er·ous·ness n.
Synonyms: vociferous, blatant, boisterous, strident, clamorous
These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints. Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "students demanding unlimited freedom in a noisy and blatant protest against all university authority" (Thomas Anthony Harris).
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths. Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice. Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.
These adjectives mean conspicuously and usually offensively loud. Vociferous suggests a noisy outcry, as of vehement protest: vociferous complaints. Blatant connotes coarse or vulgar noisiness: "students demanding unlimited freedom in a noisy and blatant protest against all university authority" (Thomas Anthony Harris).
Boisterous implies unrestrained noise, tumult, and often rowdiness: boisterous youths. Strident stresses offensive harshness, shrillness, or discordance: a legislator with a strident voice. Something clamorous is both vociferous and sustained: a clamorous uproar.
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Adv. | 1. | vociferously - in a vociferous manner; "he complained vociferously" |
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vociferously
[vəʊˈsɪfərəslɪ] ADV1. (= forcefully, energetically) [protest, campaign] → ruidosamente; [oppose, deny] → terminantemente, categóricamente
2. (= noisily) [cheer] → a gritos
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vociferously
adv → lautstark
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