Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a raucous manner; with a crocking sound; hoarsely.

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  • adverb In a raucous manner; loudly.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a rowdy manner
  • adverb with a raucous sound

Etymologies

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raucous +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • His voice was more strenuous than sweet, and Del Bishop, discovering himself at last, joined in raucously on the choruses.

    CHAPTER 7 2010

  • Crows call raucously in eucalyptus trees along the orchard edge, blending into distant green, completing this pristine actuality.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008

  • Crows call raucously in eucalyptus trees along the orchard edge, blending into distant green, completing this pristine actuality.

    Is In Its Proper Place Ivan Donn Carswell 2008

  • Now more crows began to call raucously, these from the forest behind them.

    The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991

  • Around him midshipmen and other crew hurried, searching for the right cables, calling raucously on the comm lines for input from the Argo's ancient computer memory.

    Tides Of Light Benford, Gregory, 1941- 1989

  • At this time of the year, the vast restaurant was nearly empty, but the seagulls, grown bold and enormous from being fed by Gos-man's customers, swooped and called raucously across the dark water as if it were the height of summer.

    The Kaisho Lustbader, Eric 1983

  • Far off, along the course of the tumbling stream, turbulently striving to care for far more than its share of the melt-water of the hills, a jaybird called raucously as though in an effort to drown the sweeter, softer notes of a robin nesting in the new-green of a quaking aspen.

    The White Desert Courtney Ryley Cooper 1913

  • It is cold and dark outside, and the only sound is of crows calling raucously to each other beyond my window.

    BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition 2009

  • A labour of love funded out-of-pocket by Gordon and Brassard, Ferno House marries a kind of raucously ironic, hang-on-by-the-edge-of-your-teeth quality to their privileging of care, quality, and a beautiful finished product.

    Torontoist 2010

  • A blue jay flitted from tree to tree, following them through the woods and calling raucously to warn the other creatures of the humans’ presence.

    Mistletoe and Holly Janet Dailey 1982

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