Meanings
adverbobstreperously (comparative more obstreperously, superlative most obstreperously)
comparative more obstreperously · superlative most obstreperously
- In an obstreperous manner.
The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Spouter-Inn”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 16
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin manner that attracts attention
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obstreperously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstreperously
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“obstreperously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstreperously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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