Word Meanings - STOUTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
Related words: (words related to STOUTLY)
- BOLDLY
In a bold manner. - DEFENDER
One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator. Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders. Motley. - MANNERIST
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. - DEFENDABLE
Capable of being defended; defensible. - MANNERISM
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural - LUSTILY
In a lusty or vigorous manner. - DEFENDANT
1. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. With men of courage and with means defendant. Shak. 2. Making defense. - HIMSELF
1. An emphasized form of the third person masculine pronoun; -- used as a subject usually with he; as, he himself will bear the blame; used alone in the predicate, either in the nominative or objective case; as, it is himself who saved himself. - STOUTLY
In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself. - DEFENDEE
One who is defended. - HIMSELF; HIMSELVE; HIMSELVEN
Themselves. See Hemself. Chaucer. - DEFEND
To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill. Syn. -- To Defend, Protect. To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as - MANNERLINESS
The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale. - DEFENDRESS
A female defender. Defendress of the faith. Stow. - MANNERED
1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style - MANNER
manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner - STOUT-HEARTED
Having a brave heart; courageous. -- Stout"-heart"ed*ness, n. - STOUTISH
Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent. - MANNERCHOR
A German men's chorus or singing club. - MANNERLY
Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak. - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. - OVERMANNER
In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif. - ILL-MANNERED
Impolite; rude. - CODEFENDANT
A joint defendant. Blackstone. - WELL-MANNERED
Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden.