Stridently

adv

adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a strident manner.

    "It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a strident manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"Many atheists are stridently anti-religion."

Etymology

From strident + -ly.

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