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VIGOROUSLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With vigor; in a vigorous manner
Example:
he defended his ideas vigorously
Synonyms:
smartly; vigorously
Classified under:
Pertainym:
vigorous (characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity)
Context examples:
He smiled; and I thought his smile was such as a sultan might, in a blissful and fond moment, bestow on a slave his gold and gems had enriched: I crushed his hand, which was ever hunting mine, vigorously, and thrust it back to him red with the passionate pressure.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
It was clear, however, that Straker had defended himself vigorously against his assailants, for in his right hand he held a small knife, which was clotted with blood up to the handle, while in his left he clasped a red and black silk cravat, which was recognised by the maid as having been worn on the preceding evening by the stranger who had visited the stables.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She did most heartily grieve over the idleness of her childhood—and sat down and practised vigorously an hour and a half.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
It was indeed our visitor of the afternoon who came bustling in, dangling his glasses more vigorously than ever, and with a very perturbed expression upon his aristocratic features.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Lead him off! and I saw, from behind my aunt, a sort of hurried battle-piece, in which the donkey stood resisting everybody, with all his four legs planted different ways, while Janet tried to pull him round by the bridle, Mr. Murdstone tried to lead him on, Miss Murdstone struck at Janet with a parasol, and several boys, who had come to see the engagement, shouted vigorously.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Half resolving never to return, she went home, and worked off her irritation by stitching pinafores vigorously, and in an hour or two was cool enough to laugh over the scene and long for next week.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
It was called, as I remember, “The Briton Conquers but to Save,” and he rolled it out in a very fair bass voice, the others joining in the chorus, and clapping vigorously when he finished.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At this moment Frank began talking so vigorously, that Emma could not but imagine he had overheard his own praises, and did not want to hear more;—and the voices of the ladies were drowned for a while, till another suspension brought Mrs. Elton's tones again distinctly forward.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Finally he returned to the pawnbroker’s, and, having thumped vigorously upon the pavement with his stick two or three times, he went up to the door and knocked.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"I almost made a mistake, too," she declared vigorously. "I almost married a little kyke who'd been after me for years. I knew he was below me. Everybody kept saying to me: 'Lucille, that man's way below you!' But if I hadn't met Chester, he'd of got me sure."
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
