aloud

Etymology

From Middle English aloud, a loude (“aloud”), equivalent to a- + loud or a- + loude (“sound”).

adv

1. With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.
   Try speaking aloud rather than whispering.
2. Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
   speaking aloud rather than thinking thoughts privately
   He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest

adj

1. Spoken out loud.
   When you are meditating with sound, it can be aloud or it can be silent 2004, James Anderson, The Art of God, page 176