NOISILY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does noisily mean? 

• NOISILY (adverb)
  The adverb NOISILY has 1 sense:

1. with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound

  Familiarity information: NOISILY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOISILY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With much noise or loud and unpleasant sound

Context example:

he blew his nose noisily

Antonym:

quietly (with little or no sound)

Pertainym:

noisy (full of or characterized by loud and nonmusical sounds)

 Context examples 

The sailors trooped noisily aft, some of the watch below rubbing the sleep from their eyes, and talked in low tones together.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Now it suddenly made its presence apparent by a few heavy drops of rain, thickening rapidly into a sharp shower, which filled the air with its hiss, and rattled noisily upon the high, hard hats of the Corinthians.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His eyes were closed, and he was apparently unconscious; but his mouth was wide open, his breast, heaving as though from suffocation as he laboured noisily for breath.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)