obstreperously en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English obstreperous Middle English -ly English -ly English obstreperously From obstreperous + -ly.
Meanings
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In an obstreperous manner.
The liquor soon mounted into their heads, as it generally does even with the arrantest topers newly landed from sea, and they began capering about most obstreperously.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “The Spouter-Inn”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 16:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most obstreperously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more obstreperously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |