stridently

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adverb

In a strident manner.

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Meanings

adverbstridently (comparative more stridently, superlative most stridently)

comparative more stridently · superlative most stridently

  1. In a strident manner.

    It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.

    2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 53, about Liverpool Street station in London

Origin

From strident + -ly.

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Translations

Polish piskliwie, przenikliwie
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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