resoundingly

adv
/ɹɪˈzaʊndɪŋli/UK

Etymology

From resounding + -ly.

  1. derived from *swenh₂- — “to sound
  2. derived from resonāre
  3. derived from resoner — “to make a (deep or echoing) sound; of sounds: to echo; to ring; of one’s name or actions: to be frequently recounted; of a place: to re-echo or ring with sound
  4. derived from resoner
  5. derived from resoner
  6. inherited from resounen — “to return with an echo, resound; to make a sound, to sound; of speech or writing: to announce a theme
  7. suffixed as resounding — “resound + ing
  8. formed as resoundingly — “resounding + -ly

Definitions

  1. With a loud, resonant sound.

    • The bells tolled resoundingly.
    • The corner has been mentioned as a wonderful corner for echoes; it had begun to echo so resoundingly to the tread of coming feet, that it seemed as though the very mention of that weary pacing to and fro had set it going.
  2. Emphatically, so as to be celebrated.

    • The children resoundingly defeated the bully.
    • My heart needed no tutor for its recognitions, and cried its own "Bravos!" the more resoundingly because un-often summoned from silence.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA