Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a resonant or resounding manner; with resonance.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a resonant manner.

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  • adverb In a resonant manner.

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Examples

  • Together the music these characters represent is the lament, wail, and bang of that magnificent wreck that has spoken more resonantly, meaningfully, and truthfully to the world than any American statesman since Thomas Jefferson (whose "distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character" of himself and his country had far more in common with Jerry Lee Lewis's or Little Richard's than most recognise).

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Together the music these characters represent is the lament, wail, and bang of that magnificent wreck that has spoken more resonantly, meaningfully, and truthfully to the world than any American statesman since Thomas Jefferson (whose "distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character" of himself and his country had far more in common with Jerry Lee Lewis's or Little Richard's than most recognise).

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Together the music these characters represent is the lament, wail, and bang of that magnificent wreck that has spoken more resonantly, meaningfully, and truthfully to the world than any American statesman since Thomas Jefferson (whose "distinctive expression of the cognitive or intellectual character" of himself and his country had far more in common with Jerry Lee Lewis's or Little Richard's than most recognise).

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • He ought to have been singing the "Pagliacci" prologue at the Metropolitan Opera House, but instead he was calling resonantly (his private megaphone seemed to be located in his own throat): "_Don't crowd, Edward ....

    Ladies-In-Waiting Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin 1889

  • With direct access to Eliot's own words, we can appreciate how resonantly his professional writing echoes his everyday language and read his work—so often stereotyped as grand and obscure—in a more intimate light.

    Notes From King Bolo Abigail Deutsch 2011

  • Shalwitz remains struck by how resonantly Norris's thematic blueprint applies to Washington and plans to explore the connection in additional programs of audience talk-backs and panel discussions.

    Woolly Mammoth's hit play 'Clybourne Park' to return in summer 2011 Peter Marks 2010

  • Suddenly three bearded desperadoes turn up on horseback, asking the way to the resonantly named town of Absolution.

    Cowboys & Aliens – review 2011

  • Kenny Dalglish's ecstatic broad smile, Mike Channon's windmilling arm or Mark Viduka fervently blessing himself with the same vigour that Frank Bruno sought protection from above before his second bludgeoning by Mike Tyson all resonantly portrayed their emotions.

    Hail Daniel Sturridge and the art of self-censorship | Rob Bagchi 2011

  • Telling the story of the trials of Agamemnon's family in the aftermath of the Trojan war and of Iphigenia's own suffering, Bausch goes to the heart of Greek drama and to Gluck's score in movement of spare but resonantly lyrical beauty.

    This week's new dance Judith Mackrell 2010

  • But the contents of a great SF/F book, even with resonantly-crafted themes and likable characters, usually resides behind a wall of unfamiliar narrative turf, and terms, for most mainstream readers.

    MIND MELD: What You Should Know About Speculative Fiction and Mainstream Acceptance (Part 2) 2009

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