resoundingly

In emphatic fashion

Resoundingly means in a manner that is emphatic, decisive, or unmistakably clear.

It often describes victories, defeats, or responses that leave no room for doubt: The proposal was resoundingly rejected by voters.

The word derives from resound, evoking something loud enough to echo, and this sense of forceful reverberation carries into figurative use—when something succeeds or fails resoundingly, it does so in a way that reverberates unmistakably.

emphatic

emphatically

With strong emphasis

powerfully · categorically · unequivocally · strongly · adamantly · insistently · authoritatively · definitively · persuasively · compellingly

victorious

triumphantly

In victorious manner

gloriously · successfully · crushingly · handily · thoroughly · overwhelmingly · landslide · sweep · rout · trounce

acoustic

reverberate

Echo repeatedly, persist

thunderous · reverberant · ringing · pealing · rumbling · vibrant · loud · clanging · tolling · bellowing

unanimous

unanimously

With total accord

overwhelmingly · consensus · solidarity · accord · unison · united · harmoniously · concertedly · undividedly · wholeheartedly

Opposites
volume/audibility

resoundinglyquietly

Without making noise

silently · softly · mutely · inaudibly · faintly

degree of success/emphasis

resoundinglynarrowly

By a small margin

barely · marginally · slightly · scarcely · hardly

impact/force

resoundinglyfeebly

Without vigor or power

weakly · ineffectually · lamely · meekly · halfheartedly

Family

resounding

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