He was stoutly replying to his critics. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : She is getting too stout for her dresses. ,a stout heart; stout fellows. ,stout resistance. ,a stout argument; a stout wind. ,stout seamen. ,a stout cudgel. From Dictionary.com.
Drive up the yard, and call stoutly about you. From Wordnik.com. [She Stoops to Conquer] Reference
"I don't want any reward," replied Jerry, stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
"She wouldn't care," affirmed the daughter, stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
"We can follow the wolves," said Andy Sudds, stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [On a Torn-Away World Or, the Captives of the Great Earthquake] Reference
"Not a bit braver than Ruthie," said her twin, stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at Snow Camp Or, Lost in the Backwoods] Reference
"It's only logical common sense," declared Trix stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
However, I toiled onward stoutly, and, entering the North. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Sir George Neville and Mr. Houseman stood stoutly by her. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
"I don't think bugs were made to smash," Tom said stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret] Reference
"No, Mr. Damon isn't that kind of a man," said Tom, stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Photo Telephone or the Picture That Saved a Fortune] Reference
"The great sea surrounds the whole earth," he stoutly maintained. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference
"I don't think John White would do such a thing," said Bob stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
"Can't help it if you do," she returned, stoutly, and took a step on. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
They stoutly resisted the appointment of a special Whitewater prosecutor. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary's Trouble] Reference
But Grayson only laughed at his threats, and went stoutly on with his work. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
"I don't propose to have any more after this summer," averred Percy, stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
"O, there's lots of difference between our own states," Cherry stoutly maintained. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
"They will have as soon as I get mine started," the other girl stoutly maintained. From Wordnik.com. [Heart of Gold] Reference
Said Rae is about forty years old, stoutly built, and five feet eight inches in height. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts Patrol] Reference
"Why, I'm eighteen now, grandma, and weigh one hundred and ten pounds," he answered stoutly. From Wordnik.com. [Hidden Treasure] Reference
"I haven't," he denied stoutly, feeling for her hand, which, however, persisted in evading his. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
"I'm going back," she said, stoutly, "to find Lu and Ruth! and -- and -- give them that chance.". From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
"He has stoutly resisted the pose of a conquering hero for the forces of integration," said Helms. From Wordnik.com. [A Historic Race Down South] Reference
The neighbor was sufficiently generous to lend the pen, but stoutly refused to re-enter the stricken city. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878] Reference
At the same time that unknown quantity, Cortinas, suspended his free-booting for the nonce, and stoutly harassing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
And Abimelech, coming near the tower, fought stoutly: and, approaching to the gate, endeavoured to set fire to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 07: Judges The Challoner Revision] Reference
To which the miller stoutly swore that to his knowledge there was not one who was not a greater thief than himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The girl seeing the turn that matters had taken, immediately broke off a large limb and stoutly hammered the bear's snout. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
At his Friday press conference, Clinton stoutly defended the relentless consulting: "I do not see it as a sign of weakness.". From Wordnik.com. [Slow Motion] Reference
Or La'Taria Stokes, a stoutly built junior who takes it as high praise when boys remark, "Your hips are screaming for twins!". From Wordnik.com. [The Body Of The Beholder] Reference
Baseballs are now made in Costa Rica for the Rawlings company which stoutly denies that its exacting specifications have changed. From Wordnik.com. [A Stupendous Mystery] Reference
Slowly and carefully, with a brawny truck man on each side to help the less stoutly muscled lads, the case slid forward and with a. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
You might be stoutly civic-minded and regard the mosque as a reasonable and fair-minded part of the reconstruction of the neighborhood. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Wolff: The Ground Zero Mosque: What's It Mean to You?] Reference
Netanyahu stoutly resisted; the administration belatedly discovered that it could not compel a democratic ally to comply with its demands. From Wordnik.com. [Why doesn't Abbas want peace talks?] Reference
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