adv. [f. LOUD a. + -LY2.] In a loud manner. a. In a loud tone or voice; † fig. with to lie, openly, palpably. b. Clamorously, noisily. c. With reference to dress: Flashily, showily.

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a. 1400–50.  Alexander, 1709 (Dublin). Hys litilayke & hys liknes he loudly [Ashmole laythly] dispysez.

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1508.  Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 240. Loudly lauchand the laif allowit hir meikle.

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1589.  Pasquil’s Ret., C iv b. He lyeth loudlie.

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1590.  Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 17. Therewith enrag’d she loudly gan to bray.

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1602.  Shaks., Ham., V. ii. 410. The Souldiours Musicke, and the rites of Warre Speake lowdly for him.

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1635.  J. Hayward, trans. Biondi’s Banish’d Virg., 40. Yet blush’d he not to lye loudly, when it made any way for his ends.

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1776.  Gibbon, Decl. & F., xiii. I. 375. Loudly complaining of the protection afforded by the Romans to rebels.

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1845.  Sarah Austin, Ranke’s Hist. Ref., I. 83. The King of Bohemia … insisted loudly on his rights.

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1849.  Thackeray, Pendennis, xxx. Medical students, gallant, dashing, what is called ‘loudly’ dressed.

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1875.  Jowett, Plato (ed. 2), III. 260. Calling each man loudly by his name.

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  Comb.  1874.  Micklethwaite, Mod. Par. Churches, 294. A loudly-coloured pavement is very objectionable.

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