Literary notes about obstreperously (AI summary)
The adverb "obstreperously" is employed to convey a sense of boisterous, unruly, and sometimes exaggerated behavior in literary works. It often accompanies descriptions of laughter or noise—illustrating a character’s uninhibited response, as when a figure laughs so heartily that it affects everyone around him [1, 2, 3]. The term also enriches environmental or situational portrayals, as it is used to characterize the raucous clamor of a colorful band of animals or the audacious demands of certain figures [4, 5]. Whether delineating human temperament or imbuing inanimate objects with a mischievous life, "obstreperously" heightens the dramatic and humorous tone of the narrative [6, 7, 8].
- !" cried the commerzienrath, throwing himself back in his easy-chair and laughing obstreperously, as though he had not
— from Hammer and Anvil: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen - he laughed so obstreperously as to set the whole company in a roar.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844Volume 23, Number 6 by Various - Milly laughed obstreperously, Leonora smiled.
— from Leonora by Arnold Bennett - In one apartment was an obstreperously noisy society of parrots and macaws, most gorgeous and diversified of hue.
— from Passages from the English Notebooks, Complete by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Some very loud-mouthed negroes were playing horse-shoe obstreperously.
— from Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty by Vachel Lindsay - "So you see what are the probable consequences, Kate, if you use your whip so obstreperously again," cried Charley, pressing his horse into a canter.
— from Snowflakes and Sunbeams; Or, The Young Fur-traders: A Tale of the Far North by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne - That heavy gate, standing stiffly on its heels, groaned obstreperously, and gibed at the unripe passion of this little maid.
— from Cripps, the Carrier: A Woodland Tale by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore - This said, he clapped both the palms of his hands to his nose, and fell a braying so obstreperously, that it made the neighbouring valleys ring again.
— from The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
