- in a way that makes a lot of noise
- She screamed as loudly as she could.
- About two hours into the flight, he began complaining loudly that his seat was too small.
- She was loudly proclaiming her innocence.
Which Word? loud / loudly / aloudloud / loudly / aloud- Loudly is the usual adverb from the adjective loud:
- The audience laughed loudly at the joke.
- Loud is very common as an adverb in informal language. It is nearly always used in phrases such as loud enough, as loud as or with too, very, so, etc:
- Don’t play your music too loud.
- I shouted as loud as I could.
- Louder is also used in informal styles to mean ‘more loudly’:
- Can you speak louder?
- Out loud is a common adverb meaning ‘so that people can hear’:
- Can you read the letter out loud?
- He laughed out loud at his own joke.
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