vigorously

comparative more vigorously · superlative most vigorously · alternative obsolete vigourously

1. With intense energy, force or vigor.

   He knocked vigorously on the door.

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   The lawyer vigorously defended her client.

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

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

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

   2004, Stephen Hefling, Nineteenth-Century Chamber Music

   Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.

   2024 April 3, Stephen Breyer, “Stephen Breyer: The Supreme Court I Served On Was Made Up of Friends”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2024

   “As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, echoing his long-standing advocacy for use of the death penalty, which was part of his tough-on-crime rhetoric during the 2024 campaign.

   2024 December 24, Aaron Pellish, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump says he will direct Justice Department to ‘vigorously pursue the death penalty’”, in CNN

   Synonyms: energetically, forcefully, powerfully · Antonyms: unvigorously