Definition

Adverb: 1. In a loud, harsh, and disorderly manner: Describes an action done with a noisy, rough, and often disruptive sound or behavior. 2. With a raucous sound: Describes the quality of a sound itself, meaning it is loud, grating, and unpleasant.

Usage Examples

• The fans cheered raucously when their team scored the winning goal.
• A group of crows cawed raucously from the treetops.
• The party next door was laughing and singing raucously until 3 a.m.

Advanced Usage

• "to laugh raucously": to laugh in a very loud, harsh, and uncontrolled way.
  • The villain in the movie laughed raucously at his own evil plan.
• "to protest raucously": to demonstrate or object in a loud and disorderly fashion.
  • The audience protested raucously when the concert was canceled.

Variants and Related Words

• Raucous (adjective): loud, harsh, and disorderly.
  • The raucous celebration could be heard down the street.
• Raucousness (noun): the quality of being raucous.
  • The raucousness of the city streets was overwhelming.

Synonyms

• Rowdily: In a noisy, rough, and disorderly way.
• Boisterously: In a noisy, energetic, and cheerful manner.
• Stridently: In a loud and harsh manner.
• Discordantly: In a way that produces a harsh, clashing sound.

Antonyms

• Quietly: Making little or no noise.
• Softly: In a gentle, quiet manner.
• Peacefully: In a calm and tranquil manner.

Adverb

1. in a rowdy manner
   • the crowd got drunk and started to behave rowdily
2. with a raucous sound
   • his voice rang raucously