Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a lusty manner; vigorously; strongly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a lusty or vigorous manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a lusty manner.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a healthy manner

Etymologies

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lusty +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • "O, they will bring a lantern, I guess," laughed the sailor, then thinking to put us at our ease, he called lustily as he rested himself at his oars.

    A Woman who went to Alaska May Kellogg Sullivan

  • "Hello in there!" he called lustily, for he wished to warn Patsy of what was taking place, and at the same time to instruct him what to do.

    A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts Nicholas Carter

  • But Picton had not another bit of it; so he called lustily for some one else to sing.

    Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses Frederic S. Cozzens

  • His eyes were raised to the place where the ceiling should have been -- he called lustily in alarm -- then suddenly he was flying up -- and crashed heavily against the invisible ceiling!

    The Black Star Passes John Wood Campbell 1940

  • He didn't doubt it in the least; he called; he called lustily; he kicked his new shoes against the fence-post and called:

    A Melody in Silver Keene Abbott 1908

  • Taking his foot from a partly opened desk drawer where it had been resting, he placed it upon the handle of a handsome brass-mounted bellows, which proved to be articulating, for, as he pressed, it called lustily, "Come in!"

    A Journey in Other Worlds 1894

  • Taking his foot from a partly opened desk drawer where it had been resting, he placed it upon the handle of a handsome brass-mounted bellows, which proved to be articulating, for, as he pressed, it called lustily, "Come in!"

    A journey in other worlds A romance of the future John Jacob Astor 1888

  • But no sooner had the gaoler's feet touched the fairy ring, than he saw and heard like the rest, and he called lustily to the chaplain to come and stop the unhallowed measure.

    Old-Fashioned Fairy Tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863

  • Philips the tutor of Mathematics both being near ran up & seized him, he called lustily for help & one student ran to his assistance

    Letter from William Bagley to D. W. Bagley, February 27, 1845 1845

  • She sunk about three yards, and then stopped, at the same time calling lustily for assistance.

    Lives of the Necromancers William Godwin 1796

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