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SONOROUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sonorously mean?
• SONOROUSLY (adverb)
The adverb SONOROUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a sonorous manner
Familiarity information: SONOROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a sonorous manner
Synonyms:
rotundly; sonorously
Context example:
the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously
Pertainym:
sonorous (full and loud and deep)
Context examples
He laughed sonorously at his own conceit, for, though he had little sense of humor, the crudest pleasantry from his own lips moved him always to roars of appreciation.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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