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.
a. 140050. Alexander, 1709 (Dublin). Hys litilayke & hys liknes he loudly [Ashmole laythly] dispysez.
1508. Dunbar, Tua Mariit Wemen, 240. Loudly lauchand the laif allowit hir meikle.
1589. Pasquils Ret., C iv b. He lyeth loudlie.
1590. Spenser, F. Q., I. i. 17. Therewith enragd she loudly gan to bray.
1602. Shaks., Ham., V. ii. 410. The Souldiours Musicke, and the rites of Warre Speake lowdly for him.
1635. J. Hayward, trans. Biondis Banishd Virg., 40. Yet blushd he not to lye loudly, when it made any way for his ends.
1776. Gibbon, Decl. & F., xiii. I. 375. Loudly complaining of the protection afforded by the Romans to rebels.
1845. Sarah Austin, Rankes Hist. Ref., I. 83. The King of Bohemia insisted loudly on his rights.
1849. Thackeray, Pendennis, xxx. Medical students, gallant, dashing, what is called loudly dressed.
1875. Jowett, Plato (ed. 2), III. 260. Calling each man loudly by his name.
Comb. 1874. Micklethwaite, Mod. Par. Churches, 294. A loudly-coloured pavement is very objectionable.