Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • With force and vigor; with energy and effect.

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  • adverb In an energetic manner

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  • adverb in an energetic manner

Etymologies

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energetic +‎ -ally

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Examples

  • You just play with him kind of energetically and he gets real tired.

    Part Two: Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Thinking in Pictures" 2009

  • A letter from the State Department to Sen. Richard Lugar, the ranking Republican on the Sen.te Foreign Relations Committee, states that the U.S. "energetically" opposes Mr. Zelaya's June 28 ouster.

    U.S. Decides Not to Impose Sanctions on Honduras 2009

  • Therefore "energetically" don't we just offer up more emotional violence into the soup?

    Time to Re-Assess How We Celebrate Presidents Day 2008

  • But it won't be until after the Olympics are over when it can "energetically" come back to the standing contingency force concept. posted by BBS at 8:04 AM

    Archive 2007-03-01 2007

  • But it won't be until after the Olympics are over when it can "energetically" come back to the standing contingency force concept. posted by BBS at 8:04 AM

    Canadian Marines? 2007

  • Obviously, much of this is not accomplished by 5 in the morning, and as an observer, I must note that the "energetically" part no longer holds true for 80% of the runners by the time they reach Disney's Boardwalk.

    No, not dead. mariness 2004

  • Civil bodies vowed to "energetically" monitor a 2001 commitment made by African heads of state to work towards spending at least 15 percent of their national budgets on health.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Toure said Ngongi had "energetically" denounced the attack, saying: "To target MONUC is to pick the wrong target, unless it's part of a hidden agenda to prevent or impede the UN force from setting up operations in Kindu."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • "When I first saw this gas station though, and red lights out here," Beatrice recalls energetically, her voice rising in pitch and volume, "I must have screamed and hollered like I was at a football game ...

    East of Tragedy 2007

  • But I am learning something every day, and I am determined, "energetically," to fight my way up! "

    Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer

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