vigorously

English

Etymology

From vigorous +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɡəɹəsli/

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Adverb

vigorously (comparative more vigorously, superlative most vigorously)

1. With intense energy, force or vigor

   The lawyer vigorously defended her client.

   He knocked vigorously on the door.

   • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:

     The tender roared along vibrating vigorously; braking had resulted in "flats" on most of its tyres.

   • 2004, Stephen Hefling, Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music‎:

     For some writers, the flowering of chamber music around 1910 represents a reaction against the gargantuanism cultivated so vigorously in the previous century.

Synonyms

• energetically
• forcefully
• powerfully

Translations

with intense energy

Bulgarian: силно (bg) (silno), мощно (bg) (moštno) Catalan: vigorosament (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 起勁 / 起劲 (zh) (qǐjìng) Dutch: vinnig (nl), krachtig (nl) Esperanto: vigle French: vigoureusement (fr) German: kräftig (de), ordentlich (de), heftig (de), tüchtig (de), stark (de), gründlich (de), intensiv (de) Greek: Ancient: εὐτόνως (eutónōs) Italian: vigorosamente (it) Japanese: 精力的に (ja) (せいりょくてきに, seiryokuteki ni) Korean: 활발하게 (hwalbalhage) Latin: vivaciter Mari: Eastern Mari: виян (vijan) Old English: ġeheortlīċe Portuguese: vigorosamente (pt) Russian: энерги́чно (ru) (energíčno) Spanish: vigorosamente (es) Ukrainian: енергійно (enerhijno), активно (uk) (aktyvno)