Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a stertorous manner.

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  • adverb With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner.

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  • adverb in a noisy and stertorous manner

Etymologies

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From stertorous +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • Some authors fill a novel with futuristic scenery and jargon and then strenuously, even stertorously, deny that it's science fiction.

    Embassytown by China Miéville – review 2011

  • Propped up on pillows, he breathed stertorously, his face bluish black.

    Did Jack London Commit Suicide? 2010

  • He breathed stertorously, at times grunting and moaning with the pain of his sleep.

    THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY 2010

  • He breathed stertorously, and in his throat were the queer little gasping noises of one overwrought.

    CHAPTER 29 2010

  • But what about at home, in bed, Evian on the nightstand and Wally the mini-dachshund snoring stertorously under the covers?

    Home Alone 2006

  • But what about at home, in bed, Evian on the nightstand and Wally the mini-dachshund snoring stertorously under the covers?

    Home Alone 2006

  • He told Stone that when he arrived at the London cottage he found the author doubled up in bed, unconscious, breathing stertorously, his face bluish black.

    Wolf Dying: Page II 2004

  • Sohlberg the artist, responding like a chameleon to the various emotional complexions of life, began to breathe stertorously, to blanch, to lose control of himself.

    The Titan 2004

  • The train now stamps heavily, breathes stertorously, as it climbs up and up.

    The Waves 2003

  • From the window she could see the docks, the harbour, the tugs that brought cargoes in and out and puffed stertorously, shaking the very air with their efforts.

    Shallow Soil 2003

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