sonorously

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adverb

In a sonorous way.

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Meanings

adverbsonorously (comparative more sonorously, superlative most sonorously)

comparative more sonorously · superlative most sonorously

  1. In a sonorous way.

    Cox’s thing is defending flimsy cases, and as he strode round the platform declaiming sonorously, like Rumpole on a particularly outrageous brief, it was easy to see why they pay him so well.

    2018, Anne Perkins, “A Dad’s Army-style Brexit looms. ‘Don’t panic!’”, in Guardian
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    Now old Falkenmeyer's fiddle feelingly quavered a few notes, then sonorously heralded the preliminary bass of the first set. Daddy Stein, standing in the middle of the room, clapped his hands for attention.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 241

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a sonorous manner

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APA

sonorously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorously

MLA

“sonorously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorously. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonorously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonorously.

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