Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With a ringing sound; resonantly, like the sound of a bell.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a ringing manner.
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- adverb In a
ringing manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Come on," he called ringingly in a voice that did everything but confess in words that something heavenly sweet was in the man's mind, "let's be off!"
Romance Island Zona Gale 1906
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Justice Harlan, a Republican appointee, ringingly proclaimed that the Constitution must be "color-blind."
Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012
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Airing in the 1970s, as American unions began to confront the inexorable drain of jobs to cheap foreign labor markets, the song ringingly implored us to look for the union label when shopping for clothes "When you are buying a coat, dress or blouse".
Kenneth C. Davis: Socks, Shirtwaists and Saving the Union Kenneth C. Davis 2011
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Obama's reluctance to lead, and to establish the United States ringingly and incontrovertibly as the ally of the freedom movements, is owed to many things, but most of all, I think, it is the result of certain conventional assumptions about the historical agency of the United States in the developing world.
Notable & Quotable 2011
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Justice Harlan, a Republican appointee, ringingly proclaimed that the Constitution must be "color-blind."
Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012
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In our limited study, at least, there's a ringingly clear answer: Women deliver the goods on a far more consistent basis.
Girls Rule Michael K. Ozanian 2010
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"While we celebrate our success today, we will never rest until all farm workers are accorded the opportunity for a better life," Steinberg declared ringingly, with the crowd cheering, especially as his remarks were translated into Spanish.
William Bradley: The Farm Workers and Jerry Brown Make Up, For Now William Bradley 2011
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Justice Harlan, a Republican appointee, ringingly proclaimed that the Constitution must be "color-blind."
Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012
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In our limited study, at least, there's a ringingly clear answer: Women deliver the goods on a far more consistent basis.
Girls Rule Michael K. Ozanian 2010
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Justice Harlan, a Republican appointee, ringingly proclaimed that the Constitution must be "color-blind."
Ken Blackwell: Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Ken Blackwell 2012
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