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resoundingly

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re·sound  (r-zound)
v. re·sound·ed, re·sound·ing, re·sounds
v.intr.
1. To be filled with sound; reverberate: The schoolyard resounded with the laughter of children.
2. To make a loud, long, or reverberating sound: The music resounded through the hall.
3. To sound loudly; ring.
4. To become famous, celebrated, or extolled: Picassoa name to resound for ages in art history.
v.tr.
1. To send back (sound). See Synonyms at echo.
2. To utter or emit loudly.
3. To celebrate or praise, as in verse or song.

[Alteration (influenced by sound) of Middle English resounen, from Old French resoner, from Latin resonre : re-, re- + sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

re·sounding adj.
re·sounding·ly adv.
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Adv.1.resoundingly - in a resounding manner; "he then so resoundingly denounced his former friend"
Translations
resoundingly [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋlɪ] ADV to defeat sb resoundinglyobtener una victoria resonante sobre algn
resoundingly
adv
(= convincingly) defeatvernichtend; to be resoundingly defeatedeine vernichtende Niederlage erleiden; the play was resoundingly successfuldas Stück war ein durchschlagender Erfolg
(= loudly)schallend
resoundingly [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋlɪ] advclamorosamente
resoundingly [rɪˈzaʊndɪŋlɪ] advclamorosamente


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At the false wall he tore like one possessed to demolish the barrier that confronted him--with giant muscles he forced the opening, thrusting his head and shoulders through the first small hole he made, and carrying the balance of the wall with him, to clatter resoundingly upon the cement floor of the dungeon.
Jerking free from the arm that was all distasteful compulsion, Joan had slapped Tudor's face resoundingly and with far more vim and weight than when she had cuffed Gogoomy.
The corner has been mentioned as a wonderful corner for echoes; it had begun to echo so resoundingly to the tread of coming feet, that it seemed as though the very mention of that weary pacing to and fro had set it going.
 
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