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Stoutly
adv
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately.
"He stoutly defended himself."
- 2 Of stout build.
"He was a stoutly-built and thickly-set man, about the average height, with all the ordinary symptoms of paralysis […]"
Adverb
- 1 in a resolute manner wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English stoutely, stouteliche, stoutliche, equivalent to stout + -ly.
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