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aloud
CIDE DICTIONARY
aloud, adv. [Pref. a- + loud.].
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. [1913 Webster]
"Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aloud, adv.
1 audibly; not silently or in a whisper.
2 archaic loudly.
1 audibly; not silently or in a whisper.
2 archaic loudly.
Etymology
A(2) + LOUD
ROGET THESAURUS
aloud
Loudness
N loudness, power, loud noise, din, blare, clang, clangor, clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, hubbub, bobbery, fracas, charivari, trumpet blast, flourish of trumpets, fanfare, tintamarre, peal, swell, blast, larum, boom, bang (explosion), resonance, vociferation, hullabaloo, lungs, Stentor, artillery, cannon, thunder, loud, sonorous, high-sounding, big-sounding, deep, full, powerful, noisy, blatant, clangorous, multisonous, thundering, deafening, trumpet-tongued, ear-splitting, ear-rending, ear-deafening, piercing, obstreperous, rackety, uproarious, enough to wake the dead, enough to wake seven sleepers, shrill &c 410 clamorous stentorian, stentorophonic, loudly, aloud, at the top of one's voice, at the top of one's lungs, lustily, in full cry, the air rings with, the deep dread-bolted thunder.For further exploring for "aloud" in Webster Dictionary Online