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Definition of Aloud
1. Adverb. Using the voice; not silently. "He laughed out loud"
2. Adverb. With relatively high volume. "Cried aloud for help"
Definition of Aloud
1. adv. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
Definition of Aloud
1. Adverb. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. ¹
2. Adverb. Audibly, as opposed to silent, as in speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately. ¹
3. Adjective. Spoken out loud. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Aloud
1. audibly [adv] - See also: audibly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aloud
Literary usage of Aloud
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"placing it in the hands of Mrs Jennings, who read it aloud with many comments of
satisfaction and praise. " Very well indeed !—how prettily she writes ! ..."
2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(4) Disturbances of the Power of Heading aloud Reading aloud is a complex process,
involving both the receptive and the expressive side of speech; ..."
3. Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton (1750)
"I overjoy'd could not forbear aloud. 490 This turn hath made amends; thou haft
fulfill'd Thy words, Creator bounteous and benign, Giver of all things fair, ..."
4. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"... thus aloud ; ' Stand forth distinguish'd from the circling crowd Ye who by
skill or manly force may claim Your rivals to surpass and merit ..."
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