Stoutly
['staʊtli]
Definition
(adv.) in a resolute manner; 'he was stoutly replying to his critics'.
Editor: Timmy--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
Typist: Serena
Examples
- I kin swim, gentlemen, said Gurt stoutly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- No,' returned Mrs Boffin, stoutly. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Some of the latter fought stoutly; others remembered that they too were Greeks. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When you say the square, you mean--' 'I mean,' said Venus, stoutly and shortly, 'the right. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He is a stoutly built, steady-looking, sharp-eyed man in black, of about the middle-age. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Both he and the Lascar stoutly swore that no one else had been in the front room during the afternoon. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Legree, though he talked so stoutly to Cassy, still sallied forth from the house with a degree of misgiving which was not common with him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- No, no, I won't tell,' said the fat boy stoutly. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We'll say, strictly in confidence among ourselves, wearing; we won't qualify it,' the cherub stoutly admitted. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Yes, said Ben, stoutly; it's funnier. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- No living boy shall carry me,' said Mr. Pickwick stoutly; and he went on smiling as before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Indeed, I won't, said she, stoutly. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Why, some one asked me if he had not been over then, and I denied it stoutly--not many weeks ago--who could it have been? Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But this he stoutly denied. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A Boston mechanic expressed the general ignorance when he stoutly maintained that in his opinion there must be a hole through the middle of the wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- No, said Fanny stoutly, I do not expect it at all. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The frame is stoutly constructed, and the face thickly upholstered with scrap leather and a heavy but pliable covering. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'm glad of it, cried Meg stoutly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Then we'll be old maids, said Jo stoutly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He could only remember stoutly resisting her entreaty that he should await the returning family and have high tea with them before he drove home. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Amy likewise bore up stoutly till the steamer sailed. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Good by,' said Mr. Brownlow, stoutly. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I never called everything by the same name that all the people about me did, said Dorothea, stoutly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Serena