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sonorously

adv

Etymology

From sonorous + -ly.

  1. borrowed from sonōrus
  2. suffixed as sonorously — “sonorous + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a sonorous way.

    • Now old Falkenmeyer's fiddle feelingly quavered a few notes, then sonorously heralded the preliminary bass of the first set. Daddy Stein, standing in the middle of the room, clapped his hands for attention.
    • Cox’s thing is defending flimsy cases, and as he strode round the platform declaiming sonorously, like Rumpole on a particularly outrageous brief, it was easy to see why they pay him so well.

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