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CLAMOROUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clamorously mean?
• CLAMOROUSLY (adverb)
The adverb CLAMOROUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in manner that attracts attention
Familiarity information: CLAMOROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In manner that attracts attention
Synonyms:
clamorously; loudly; obstreperously
Context example:
obstreperously, he demanded to get service
Pertainym:
clamorous (conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry)
Context examples
Miss Eyre, you are not so unsophisticated as Adele: she demands a 'cadeau,' clamorously, the moment she sees me: you beat about the bush.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
At first I couldn't find the source of the high, groaning words that echoed clamorously through the bare garage—then I saw Wilson standing on the raised threshold of his office, swaying back and forth and holding to the doorposts with both hands.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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