stridulously
/ˈstrɪdʒələsli/
adverb
- In a way that makes a loud, harsh, grating sound.
- The old fan turned stridulously, keeping everyone awake.
- He scraped his chair stridulously across the floor.
- Cicadas sang stridulously in the summer heat.
- In a forceful, insistent, and often annoying manner.
- The toddler demanded attention stridulously, refusing to be ignored.
- She complained stridulously about the service until the manager came.
- The politician argued stridulously for his unpopular policy.