loud

loud [-er, -est] adj

OE hlúd, to hear.

1. With more volume; having higher intensity.
2. Resounding; reverberating; booming.
3. Audible; perceptible by hearing.
4. Real; tangible; concrete; [fig.] not subtle.

loud adv

OE hlúd, to hear.

1. Boldly; brashly; immodestly; without appropriate noise level.
2. Audibly; aloud; out loud; with verbal expression; in oral recitation.