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ENERGETICALLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adverb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In an energetic manner

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Adverbs

Pertainym:

energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)

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 Context examples: 

Many very respectable people make an honest living out of what are called sensation stories, said Jo, scratching gathers so energetically that a row of little slits followed her pin.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I BEG, said Mr. Spenlow, more like Punch than I had ever seen him, as he energetically struck one hand upon the other—I could not help noticing that even in my despair; that YOU Will NOT talk to me of engagements, Mr. Copperfield!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Jo groaned and leaned both elbows on the table in a despondent attitude, but Amy spatted away energetically, and Beth, who sat at the other window, said, smiling, Two pleasant things are going to happen right away.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)