vigilantly

1. 1.

   in a watchful manner

   Synonymswatchfully

Questions about vigilantly

What does vigilantly mean?

vigilantly means "in a watchful manner".

How many syllables are in vigilantly?

vigilantly has 4 syllables and divides as vi-gi-lant-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for vigilantly?

Close synonyms include watchfully. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is vigilantly a common word?

vigilantly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.