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loudness
Variant of loud
adjective
- striking with force on the organs of hearing; strongly audible: said of sound
- making a sound or sounds of great intensity: a loud bell
- noisy
- clamorous; emphatic; insistent: loud denials
- Informal too vivid; flashy
- Informal unrefined; vulgar
- Dialectal strong or offensive, as in smell
adverb
in a loud manner
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