Resoundingly vs Resounding - What's the difference?
resoundingly | resounding | Derived terms |
With a loud, resonant sound.
(by extension) Emphatically, so as to be celebrated.
Having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant
That causes reverberation
(by extension) emphatic, celebrated
Resounding is a derived term of resoundingly.
In by extension terms the difference between resoundingly and resounding
is that resoundingly is emphatically, so as to be celebrated while resounding is emphatic, celebrated.As an adverb resoundingly
is with a loud, resonant sound.As a noun resounding is
the action of the verb to resoundAs an adjective resounding is
having a deep, rich sound; mellow and resonant.As a verb resounding is
present participle of lang=en.resoundingly
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Adverb
(en adverb)- The bells tolled resoundingly .
- The children resoundingly defeated the bully.
Quotations
* 1859 - , Book II, chapter 6 *: The corner has been mentioned as a wonderful corner for echoes; it had begun to echo so resoundingly to the tread of coming feet, that it seemed as though the very mention of that weary pacing to and fro had set it going. * 1909 - , chapter XIII *: Then suddenly he seized a new preparation bottle that stood upon his table and contained the better part of a week's work—a displayed dissection of a snail, beautifully done—and hurled it across the room, to smash resoundingly upon the cemented floor under the bookcase; * 1939 - *: "Let him return and be damned!" shouted Giles, slapping Marge's fat haunch resoundingly . "He may be lord of the keep, but at present we are keepers of the cellar! More ale! Agnes, you little slut, another song!" * 1946 — , ch. 5 *: My heart needed no tutor for its recognitions, and cried its own "Bravos!" the more resoundingly because un-often summoned from silence.resounding
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Etymology 1
.Adjective
(en adjective)- We had a resounding win against the rival team.