S0808100 (strīd′nt)adj.1. Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill: a strident voice. See Synonyms at vociferous.2. Forcefully assertive or severely critical: strident rhetoric.[Latin strīdēns, strīdent-, present participle of strīdēre, to make harsh sounds, ultimately of imitative origin.]stri′dence, stri′den·cy n.stri′dent·ly adv.Thesaurus
Adv.
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stridently - in a strident manner; "the cheap clock ticked stridently"