Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a robust manner; with great strength; muscularly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a robust manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
robust manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a robust manner
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Examples
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To present this challenge in the most basic terms, because of our historical experiences, it is not beyond us to differ "robustly" - to use a hackneyed expression in this context - about whether the zebras in the Kruger National Park are black-and-white or white-and - black, and ascribe this difference to "playing the race card"!
ANC Today 2007
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To present this challenge in the most basic terms, because of our historical experiences, it is not beyond us to differ "robustly" - to use a hackneyed expression in this context - about whether the zebras in the Kruger National Park are black-and-white or white-and-black, and ascribe this difference to "playing the race card"!
ANC Today 2007
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"I will make sure that because of the maintenance problems [of the F-22] that it is funded robustly - in other words, that they have spare parts, engines … engines in particular,"
Home/News 2009
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The Times reported this week that the Treasury – that old adversary of the environment – is "planning to axe hundreds of millions of pounds from Britain's renewable energy and nuclear clean-up budgets" – a move being "robustly" resisted by Chris Huhne, the energy secretary.
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The MHRA said Monday it intends to "robustly" put forward the U. K.'s position to the European regulators during their review that Avandia should be withdrawn from sale.
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They have no restrictions and may self-finance as "robustly" as they wish.
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They have no restrictions and may self-finance as "robustly" as they wish.
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That stock, United Therapeutics, rose $25.67 to $94.11 after the Silver Spring, Md., biotechnology company said an inhaled version of a drug for a pulmonary blood-pressure condition performed "robustly" in clinical trials.
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Det Insp Ellis said crimes of this type were rare and the police wanted to reassure the public that the offence was being investigated "robustly" and would continue to do so until the robbers were are brought to justice.
BBC News - Home 2011
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American Journal of Public Health demonstrates that as a sedentary activity, television-watching alone doesn't contribute to childhood obesity; rather, it's the incessant bombardment of ads associated with television-watching that "robustly" correlates with obesity.
Redskins Insider Podcast -- The Washington Post Katrina vanden Heuvel 2010
bilby commented on the word robustly
"My oar is broken," said Tom robustly.
May 23, 2012