stertorously

9.9

Someone breathes in a noisy, heavy way like loud snoring

adverb
/ˈstɜrtərəsli/

Specialized

: estertorosamente

As the weightlifter strained under the heavy barbell, he exhaled stertorously.

Examples

After running for a long distance, she collapsed and began to breathe stertorously on the ground.
Some man was so close behind her, she could hear him breathing stertorously near her ear.

Blog text (31)
The patient lay in bed, breathing stertorously, as the doctors monitored his condition.

Synonyms

breathlessly

vsstertorously

13 4.0

In a way that shows you have little air because you feel excited, scared, or very tired

is noisy and labored instead of silent or breathless breathing

huffingly

vsstertorously

8.4

In a way that shows breathing hard from effort or excitement

is noisier and more visibly strained rather than just heavy breath

pantingly

vsstertorously

7.7

In a way that shows quick, heavy breathing from effort or excitement

is louder and more labored rather than quick eager breaths

windedly

vsstertorously

9.1

In a way that shows a person is breathing hard after effort or shock

is louder and more forceful instead of breathless or faint

gaspingly

vsstertorously

8.4

With short, quick breaths after hard exercise

is more noisy and prolonged rather than short sharp gasps

Antonyms

quietly

517 1.0

In a quiet way that makes little or no noise

calmly

110 1.0

In a calm, steady way without showing anger or nervousness

How Loud

noisily

13 1.0

stertorously

Specialized

9.9

heavily

243 1.1

softly

178 1.0

quietly

517 1.0

Surface Forms

stertorously positive

Morphology

stertorously = stertorous (opaque) = stertor + ous + ly

The root 'stertor' is not a recognizable English word, making the derivation from 'stertorous' to 'stertorously' opaque.

Etymology

Stertorously comes from the Latin root stertor, from stertere, which means 'to snore'. So, stertorously describes breathing or other sounds that are loud, heavy and like a snore.