English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
vigorous + -ly
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈvɪɡəɹəsli/
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vigorously (comparative more vigorously, superlative most vigorously)
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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 (せいりょくてきに, seiryokuteki ni)
- Korean: 활발하게 (hwalbalhage)
- Latin: vivaciter
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: виян (vijan)
- Portuguese: vigorosamente (pt)
- Russian: энерги́чно (ru) (energíčno)
- Spanish: vigorosamente (es)
- Ukrainian: енергійно (enerhijno), активно (uk) (aktyvno)
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