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vigorously
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial vigorously has 1 sense
- vigorously(r = adv.all) smartly - with vigor; in a vigorous manner; "he defended his ideas vigorously"
THESAURUS
vigorously
actively, alertly, boldly, briskly, dynamically, eagerly, energetically, firmly, forcefully, forcibly, hammer and tongs, hardily, hardly, heartily, like crazy, like mad, lustily, might and main, mightily, powerfully, purposefully, resolutely, robustly, spiritedly, stalwartly, strenuously, strongly, unfalteringly, vivaciously, with a vengeance, zealously
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