aloud
adverbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- //əˈlaʊd//
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
adverb
- 1
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Try speaking aloud rather than whispering.
Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
- 2
Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately
He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
Etymology
From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).
adjective
- 1
Spoken out loud.
When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent
aloud · With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
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