vigilantly

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adverb

In a vigilant manner.

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watchfully
OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English vigilant →
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Meanings

adverbvigilantly (comparative more vigilantly, superlative most vigilantly)

comparative more vigilantly · superlative most vigilantly

  1. In a vigilant manner.

    He shuffled athwart, keeping one eye ahead vigilantly.

    1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 204

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a watchful manner

Similar
watchfully
Also see
warilywatchfully

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishvigilant
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishvigilantly

From vigilant + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan vigilantment
  • vigilantmentin a vigilant manner
French vigilamment
  • vigilammentin a vigilant manner
Greek άγρυπνα
  • άγρυπνα (ágrypna)in a vigilant manner
Portuguese vigilantemente
  • vigilantementein a vigilant manner
Spanish vigilantemente
  • vigilantementein a vigilant manner
Cite this entry
APA

vigilantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vigilantly

MLA

“vigilantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vigilantly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vigilantly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vigilantly.

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