vigorously Copy link Outline 1. fortĭter2. ācrĭter3. strēnuē4. impigrē5. grăvĭter, nervōsē (both of style of speaking)6. intentē7. ēnixē8. ădeo9. laetē (of crops, fruitfully, q. v.) • vigorously: 1. fortĭter: the hands being uplifted very v., sublatis fortius manibus, Petr. 9, post med.: to draw in the reins more v., fortius attrahere lora, Ov. R. Am. 398: to fight more v., fortius pugnare, Caes. B. G. 2, 26: to resist most v., fortissime resistere, ib. 4, 12. 2. ācrĭter: v. strongly (II., 4). Join: a. atque contente propugnare, Gell. 18, 1, init. Fig.: I fought my battle v. (in the Senate), a. et vehementer proeliatus sum, Cic. Att. 1, 16, 1: v. also earnestly. 3. strēnuē: to do a thing v., s. aliquid facere, Pl. Mil. 2, 5, 48: to take up arms v., s. capere (arma), Cic. Rab. Perd. 10, 30: v. also infr. (4). 4. impigrē: v. actively. Join: aliquid i. et strenue facere, Gell. 15, 4, med. 5. grăvĭter, nervōsē (both of style of speaking): v. forcibly (II.). 6. intentē: to press the besieged more v., intentius premere obsessos, Tac. A. 15, 13. to assist a thing very v., intentius adesse alicui rei, ib. 11, 11. Cf. contente (v. supr., 2). 7. ēnixē: to assist one most v., (aliquem) enixissime juvare, Suet. Caes. 5: cf. Liv. 23, 7: and pass. (v. Forcell. s. v. enixe). 8. ădeo: they followed up the pursuit so v., adeo effusis institerunt, Liv. 26, 44, ad med. 9. laetē (of crops, fruitfully, q. v.): a crop flourishing v., seges l. virens, Plin. 33, 5, 27, § 89: v. also strongly (II.).