stridently
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7.7
- adverb
- /ˈstraɪdəntli/
:
estridentemente
- The protesters spoke stridently about their demands for change, making sure their voices were heard.
One of the things that struck me is how, in my view, appropriately, stridently, Biden has argued for and stuck with the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
- One of the things that struck me is how, in my view, appropriately, stridently, Biden has argued for and stuck with the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Examples
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Once he began to speak stridently for his people's cause, his singing career faltered and ended.
Academic text (1995) -
His perspective is stridently anti-development, anticolonialist, and critical of Christianity.
Academic text (1998) -
The Earth is not flat, no matter how stridently you insist it is.
Blog text (2) -
There is still no evidence of that, no matter how stridently you shout it.
Blog text (9) -
I would never support and would indeed stridently oppose any plan to close schools founded on religious teaching.
Blog text (21) -
Just a few years ago, the electric industry was stridently opposed to competition and reform of traditional cost-of-service regulation.
Academic text (1992) -
In each case, what he did represented a retreat for America and for Nixon, who had stridently advocated opposite policies for two decades.
Academic text (1991) -
In my relationships, I do my best to uphold a personal ethic of respect, even when I most stridently disagree.
Academic text (2010) -
Jimmy's praise of the 1980s is, on one level, rather stridently ideological.
Academic text (2002) -
Bipartisan consensus on environmental policy gave way to stridently ideological and partisan conflict.
Academic text (2006)
Synonyms
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7.4
To speak or act with strong feeling and force
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8.1
In a loud, forceful way that shows strong feeling
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7.9
In a loud, rough way that bothers other people
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6.6
With a high, sharp sound that hurts your ears
In a very loud and powerful way
Spoken in a very loud and strong voice
In a harsh, rude way that upsets people when speaking or acting
Antonyms
How Forceful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stridently comes from the old Latin root strid- meaning 'to make a harsh, high sound', so imagine a loud, grating alarm or a sharp voice. That's why to speak stridently is to speak loudly and harshly in a forceful way.