vigorously
part of speech
adverb (vigorously; more vigorously, most vigorously)
meaning for a pupil
With a lot of energy, force or strength. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and cooking lessons: stir vigorously, shake vigorously. In PE and health: vigorous exercise makes you out of breath. In debates: argue or deny vigorously. Phrases: shake vigorously, exercise vigorously, nod vigorously.
examples
- Shake the bottle vigorously before using. tree →
- Stir the mixture vigorously for a minute. tree →
- He nodded vigorously when asked if he wanted cake. tree →
- We exercised vigorously in PE. tree →
- She vigorously denied breaking the window. tree →
- The dog wagged its tail vigorously. tree →
- At the same moment he caught up a hatchet, and hammered away vigorously with the back of it at the awl. tree →
note
Adjective vigorous, noun vigour (US vigor). Note: vigour drops the u in vigorous and vigorously in all spellings.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vigorously» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.