Word Meanings - STOUTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.

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• 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.