Dictionary

vigorously en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈvɪɡəɹəsli/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English vigorous 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 vigorously From vigorous + -ly.

Meanings

1. With intense energy, force or vigor
   • “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:
   • The lawyer vigorously defended her client.
   • 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:
   • He knocked vigorously on the door.
   • 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:
   • 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:

Forms

Antonyms

unvigorously

Synonyms

forcefully · powerfully · energetically

Translations (29)

ja 精力的に (with intense energy) · es vigorosamente (with intense energy) · eo vigle (with intense energy) · de kräftig (with intense energy) · ang ġeheortlīċe (with intense energy) · fr vigoureusement (with intense energy) · la vivaciter (with intense energy) · de stark (with intense energy) · nl vinnig (with intense energy) · nl krachtig (with intense energy) · uk активно (with intense energy) · de intensiv (with intense energy) · bg мощно (with intense energy) · cmn 起勁 /起劲 (with intense energy) · bg силно (with intense energy) · de gründlich (with intense energy) · mhr виян (with intense energy) · de tüchtig (with intense energy) · fi pontevasti (with intense energy) · ko 활발하게 (with intense energy) · de ordentlich (with intense energy) · de heftig (with intense energy) · fi tarmokkaasti (with intense energy) · it vigorosamente (with intense energy) · ca vigorosament (with intense energy) · pt vigorosamente (with intense energy) · uk енергійно (with intense energy) · ru энерги́чно (with intense energy) · grc εὐτόνως (with intense energy)