stridently

stridently

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English strident
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *-ê
Proto-Germanic *-līkê
Old English -līċe
Middle English -ly
English -ly
English stridently

    From strident + -ly.

    Pronunciation

    Adverb

    stridently (comparative more stridently, superlative most stridently)

    1. In a strident manner.
      • 2025 February 5, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railway heritage saved in 2024”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 53, about Liverpool Street station in London:
        It survived the overreach of progress once before, escaping demolition and rebuilding in the 1970s. That survival was a triumph against the "stridently modernist" plans then put forth.
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