STOUTLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stoutly mean? 

• STOUTLY (adverb)
  The adverb STOUTLY has 1 sense:

1. in a resolute manner

  Familiarity information: STOUTLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STOUTLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a resolute manner

Context example:

he was stoutly replying to his critics

Pertainym:

stout (dependable)

 Context examples 

Buck, because of his record, was the target for these men, and Thornton was driven stoutly to defend him.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“No,” said Fanny stoutly, “I do not expect it at all.”

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"I'm glad of it," cried Meg stoutly.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I spoke stoutly, but I did not believe a word.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“Oh!” said Lydia stoutly, “I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I'm the tallest.”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

“Yes, it was. “Bewitching Mrs. Copperfield”,” I repeated stoutly. “And, “pretty.””

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Thorpe defended himself very stoutly, declared he had never seen two men so much alike in his life, and would hardly give up the point of its having been Tilney himself.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Both he and the Lascar stoutly swore that no one else had been in the front room during the afternoon.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Then we'll get married on triolets that will sell," he asserted stoutly, putting his arm around her and drawing a very unresponsive sweetheart toward him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

They never took their wondering eyes off me as I told my story, and my heart swelled with pride when my uncle said that we had carried ourselves well, and that he did not think that many of our age would have stood it as stoutly.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)