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Obstreperously

Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to make a noise.]

  1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. ``The obstreperous city.''
    --Wordsworth. ``Obstreperous approbation.''
    --Addison.

    Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks.
    --B. Jonson.

  2. Resistant to control; unruly. [PJC] -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.

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obstreperously

adv. in an obstreperous manner

WordNet
obstreperously

adv. in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he demanded to get service" [syn: loudly, clamorously]

Usage examples of "obstreperously".

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.