VIGOROUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vigorously mean? 

• VIGOROUSLY (adverb)
  The adverb VIGOROUSLY has 1 sense:

1. with vigor; in a vigorous manner

  Familiarity information: VIGOROUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIGOROUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With vigor; in a vigorous manner

Synonyms:

smartly; vigorously

Context example:

he defended his ideas vigorously

Pertainym:

vigorous (characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity)

 Context examples 

I know I am; but while the iron is hot, I can strike it vigorously too.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The findings suggest that forests are growing more vigorously, and therefore, locking away more carbon.

(World's forests increasingly taking up more carbon, National Science Foundation)

The dogs were drawn apart, the bull-dog struggling vigorously.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He had stayed on, however, vigorously, day after day—till this very morning's post had conveyed the history of Jane Fairfax.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Holmes stooped to the water-jug, moistened his sponge, and then rubbed it twice vigorously across and down the prisoner’s face.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Charles was a middle-aged, lightish-colored man, with weak and watery eyes and a mustache that twisted fiercely and vigorously up, giving the lie to the limply drooping lip it concealed.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

"Here's a sweet prospect!" muttered Jo, slamming the stove door open, and poking vigorously among the cinders.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Because the maneuver is effort and volume dependent, the patient must be encouraged to perform as vigorously as clinically feasible.

(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)

In Darcy's presence she dared not mention Wickham's name; but Elizabeth instantly comprehended that he was uppermost in her thoughts; and the various recollections connected with him gave her a moment's distress; but exerting herself vigorously to repel the ill-natured attack, she presently answered the question in a tolerably detached tone.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

MY uncle’s impatience would not suffer him to wait for the slow rotation which would bring us to the door, but he flung the reins and a crown-piece to one of the rough fellows who thronged the side-walk, and pushing his way vigorously through the crowd, he made for the entrance.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)