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Etymology
Etymology tree English vigilant Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English vigilantly From vigilant + -ly.
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more vigilantly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most vigilantly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (5)
fr vigilamment (in a vigilant manner) · el άγρυπνα (in a vigilant manner) · es vigilantemente (in a vigilant manner) · pt vigilantemente (in a vigilant manner) · ca vigilantment (in a vigilant manner)