stridently

1. 1.

   in a strident manner

   “the cheap clock ticked stridently”

Questions about stridently

What does stridently mean?

stridently means "in a strident manner".

How many syllables are in stridently?

stridently has 3 syllables: stri-dent-ly. The stress falls on "stri". In IPA it is /ˈstɹaɪdəntli/.

Is stridently a common word?

stridently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.