sonorously

son·o·rous  (snr-s, s-nôr-, -nr-)

adj.

1. Having or producing sound.

2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.

3. Impressive in style of speech: a sonorous oration.

4. also (snr-s) Produced in the manner of a sonorant.

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[From Latin sonrus, from sonor, sound, from sonre, to sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

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sono·rous·ly adv.

sono·rous·ness n.

Usage Note: The older pronunciation of sonorous has stress on the second syllable. As a recent survey indicates, however, the variant pronunciation with stress on the first syllable is now much more common in American English. In this survey, 84 percent of the Usage Panel gave (snr-s) as their pronunciation, and only 16 percent gave (s-nôrs) or (s-nrs). Two linguists on the Panel noted that whereas they stress the first syllable, they pronounce it with a long (o), as (snr-s).

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

sonorously - in a sonorous manner; "the congregation consisted chiefly of a few young folk, who snored sonorously" rotundly

Translations

sonorously

adv → volltönend, sonor (geh); the French horns echoing sonorously in the background → das volle Echo der Hörner im Hintergrund

sonorously [ˈsɒnərəslɪ] adv (frm) → sonoramente