stoutly

English

Etymology

From Middle English stoutely, stouteliche, stoutliche, equivalent to stout +‎ -ly.

Adverb

stoutly (comparative more stoutly, superlative most stoutly)

1. In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately.

   He stoutly defended himself.

2. Of stout build.
   • 1870, Transactions of the Pathological Society of London:

     He was a stoutly-built and thickly-set man, about the average height, with all the ordinary symptoms of paralysis […]

Synonyms

• proudly, robustly, strongly, torely