STOUTLY Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

stoutly

adverb

Definition of stoutly

as in strongly

in a vigorous and forceful manner a settler stoutly defending his right to be on the land

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Recent Examples of stoutly Ejiofor is stoutly built but only 6-7 1/2 in socks, so asking him to play center at the next level will be a challenge. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 20 June 2026 The 49ers’ defense played so stoutly that the Panthers totaled just 230 yards, including 169 passing yards from Bryce Young, who was sacked once, by Clelin Ferrell. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2025 This would include more stoutly discouraging the delusion and possibly being completely upfront and clamping down on it. — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoutly

Adverb

Gallup found that just 2% of Fortune 500 CHROs strongly agree their performance management system actually inspires employees to improve.

— Rhett Power, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Previous-generation Outbacks were functional but had an unfortunate tendency to look as though their infotainment system had been installed by somebody who strongly disliked both computers and human beings.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of strongly

Adverb

This is the situation to which Haitians living in the United States are being forcibly returned.

— Editorial Board, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026
More than 350 Greenlandic Indigenous women and girls, including some 12 years old and younger, previously came forward to investigators and reported that they were forcibly given contraception by Danish health authorities.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of forcibly

Adverb

Bally’s, meanwhile, has vehemently argued that allowing VGTs will cannibalize revenue from its 4,000 permanent facility slot machines.

— Joe Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
However, it's been vehemently opposed by the other two parties that make up the government along with Luxon's center-right group National — libertarian ACT and populist NZ First.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of vehemently

Adverb

His first job out of law school was as a judge’s clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand, giving him a front-row seat to consequential decisions—and to people who could disagree fiercely without letting those disagreements become personal.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
The 48-year-old just fiercely defended him in a lengthy statement to UsWeekly.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026