Meaning & use
noisily
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Meaning
adverb
In a way that makes a lot of loud sound.
Grammar: Modifies a verb: it tells you how someone does something, e.g. 'He ate noisily.'
Patterns
- eat noisily
- drink noisily
- play noisily
- argue noisily
The children played noisily in the yard until dinner.
He drank his soup noisily, which annoyed everyone at the table.
The old truck rattled noisily down the street.
Common combinations
- eat noisily
- Please don't eat noisily during the exam.
- drink noisily
- She drank noisily through the straw.
- play noisily
- The puppies played noisily in the garden.
- argue noisily
- They argued noisily about whose turn it was.
- noisily open
- He noisily opened the bag of chips.
Synonyms and how they differ
- loudly
- Loudly is more general and can describe any loud sound; noisily often suggests an unpleasant or annoying amount of noise.
- clamorously
- This is a formal, literary word for making a loud, confused noise; noisily is the everyday choice.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: noisily or noisy?
noisily vs noisy
Noisy is an adjective and describes a person or thing; noisily is an adverb and describes how an action is done.
Practice
Choose the correct word: The baby was sleeping, so please don't play ___.
Choose one answer.
The blank describes how to play, so you need the adverb 'noisily'. 'Noisy' is an adjective and would describe the baby, not the action.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “noisily”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.