stertorously UK /ˈstəː.təɹ.əs.li/US /ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs.li/ adverb1 •With heavy breathing, as if snoring; in a stertorous manner.The patient was now breathing stertorously and it was easy to see that he had suffered some terrible injury. — 1897 formsmore stertorously · most stertorously