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- Loud and loudly: how to use them? [duplicate]
"Loud" is an example of a word that can be used as both an adjective and an adverb For example, people say: I like loud music [adjective] I play music loud [adverb] If you look at this google books search, you'll see plenty example of it being used as an adverb Further, Oxford Dictionaries even lists it as an adverb
- Were clothes called loud because they actually made a noise?
One early usage instance of loud referring to colors dates back to 1861, but its use is most likely earlier: A Manual of Artistic Colouring : So in painting should the “loud colours be united to the quiet” by interposition of the more positive or more broken An early usage of “loud clothes” is from 1867 from The College Courant:
- Should LOL be LA? Aloud and Out loud, a history
Re: "Out loud is a much newer formation than aloud and out sounds enough like a-that I could believe speakers mistakenly heard the one for the other": I guess I can see that, except that aloud is a fairly common word, and the a-prefix occurs in many other common non-attributive adjectives and adverbs (asleep, alive, anew, alike), and aloud and out loud don't sound that similar; so I find it
- adjectives - More loudly vs louder. Correct usage - English . . .
The answer is 2 because more loudly is an adverb modifying the verb sing while the adjective louder modifies nouns and noun phrases
- What does the expression for crying out loud mean? [closed]
For crying out loud Used to express frustration, exasperation, or annoyance Synonyms In the Wiktionary there are a lot of synonyms 'for crying out loud' I don't think that 'for crying out loud' means 'for Christ's sake' I think that it is an expression in its own right While 'for Christ's sake' is offensive, 'for crying out loud' is not
- Should I use “speaker” or “loud speaker” to refer to the signal → . . .
What I have come up with so far is: If I choose "loud speaker", I no longer might get the "person that is speaking" interpretation, but in the intended usage of the term (a manual for a technical device), such an interpretation should not arise anyways So, it seems like an arbitrary choice to me
- Is there a specific name for that singular exhalation laugh that . . .
A laugh, esp a loud or hearty one; a burst of laughter A colloquial synonym for laugh is "hoot" The only definition given is "to laugh" In my experience, however, hoot is used to describe more rambunctious laughter "Guffaw" describes a boisterous laughter "Gawf" is "A loud noisy laugh" "Roar" doesn't fit for obvious reasons
- synonyms - Words for different levels of crying - English Language . . .
Sobbing: Heavy crying with a large volume tears flowing steadily; Generally audible but not inappropriately loud Hyperventilate-Crying: Forceful crying causing heavy breathing, resulting in the inability to speak or produce sounds even resembling words Blubbering: Unattractive, loud crying Characterized by mutters, truncated, erratic
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