vigorously

1. 1.

   with vigor; in a vigorous manner

   “he defended his ideas vigorously”

   Synonymssmartly

Questions about vigorously

What does vigorously mean?

vigorously means "with vigor; in a vigorous manner".

How many syllables are in vigorously?

vigorously has 4 syllables: vig-o-rou-sly. The stress falls on "vig". In IPA it is /ˈvɪɡɚəsli/.

What is another word for vigorously?

Close synonyms include smartly. 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 vigorously a common word?

vigorously is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.