STERTOROUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stertorously mean? 

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

1. in a noisy and stertorous manner

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STERTOROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a noisy and stertorous manner

Context example:

he was breathing stertorously

Pertainym:

stertorous (of breathing having a heavy snoring sound)

 Context examples 

Lucy was breathing somewhat stertorously, and her face was at its worst, for the open mouth showed the pale gums.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The German lay upon the sofa sleeping stertorously with a strap round his upper arms and another round his legs.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In the corner a very fat man was lying all a-sprawl upon a truss, snoring stertorously, and evidently in the last stage of drunkenness.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The patient was now breathing stertorously and it was easy to see that he had suffered some terrible injury.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)