Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an obstreperous manner; loudly; clamorously; vociferously: as, to behave obstreperously.
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- adverb in an
obstreperous manner
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- adverb in manner that attracts attention
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Examples
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Not many were out in front of netroots opposition to single payer advocacy all last year quite as obstreperously as Jane Hamsher and her strange bedwetter coalition.
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It's hard to be obstreperously trollish when the topics discussed are moving around so much.
"Many blogs have developed successful communities of commenters, with many very interesting and substantive contributions and discussions." Ann Althouse 2009
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It was hopeless; Adams was too obstreperously real to be idealized.
John Adams: The Biography elena maria vidal 2009
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He became obstreperously critical of the Allies, and was arrested on a trip to India and sent back to Britain, where he was put in jail for a half year.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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He became obstreperously critical of the Allies, and was arrested on a trip to India and sent back to Britain, where he was put in jail for a half year.
The Prize Daniel Yergin 2008
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But he was a quick learner; when a woman came in complaining that Jesus had been disrupting her neighborhood by behaving obstreperously, Mr. Bennett told her that he would order the police to lock up the Savior indefinitely.
Washington Warrior 2008
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In fact, the voices in the next room became obstreperously loud of a sudden, the cause of which vociferation it is necessary to explain before we go farther.
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The only way Democrats could have any power would be by acting as obstreperously and obstructively as possible, to prevent more damage, by using their investigative power in the House to lay out the crimes of this administration as clearly as possible.
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He was in his way a very determined person, not obstreperously so, but quietly and under the surface.
The Financier 2004
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Both the men now gazed in the direction from which they expected the girls to appear, when lo! shouting, laughing, and tearing obstreperously along, the six beauteous and dutiful damsels came racing towards them.
Ralph Rashleigh 2004
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