What is "stoutly"

Usage examples of "stoutly".

But as for the wains of the Markmen, they were stoutly framed of ashtree with panels of aspen, and they were broad-wheeled so that they might go over rough and smooth.

Every rich man on the conservative front benches had dug deep into his cashbox, and votes were bought for men like Quintus Nonius from Picenum, a political nobody of stoutly conservative heart.

Legio X Gemina, could contain at least six garrisons of the size of that at Basilea, and its surrounding defenses of ramparts, trapfalls, ditches, stakes and spikes are proportionately more numerous and more stoutly constructed.

First of all the knight has assailed him with words: he stoutly calls him baseborn fellow, for he could not conceal the mind he had of him.

The house was stoutly built of thick stone, and most windows had heavy shutters made of bulletwood with loopholes cut in them like giant locks awaiting keys.

In spite of the efforts of the Countess and Susanna to make him confess its authorship, Figaro stoutly insists that he knows nothing of it.

And that flatboatman would be sure to go into New Orleans and sue our boat, swearing stoutly that he had a light burning all the time, when in truth his gang had the lantern down below to sing and lie and drink and gamble by, and no watch on deck.

But lackey and lass, and page and groom, all denied stoutly that they had ever seen such a bag of money as my gudesire described.

It was true that during all these years of his prosperity and especially during the years when there were no harvests or only very little and other men had starved with their children, never had bandits come to his house and his lands, although he had many times been afraid and had barred the doors stoutly at night.

There was even a theory, creditable to Hans Holbein, drawn from this conclusion, that he might have adopted the Protestant views of his late gracious master, and have stood by them stoutly, and so far forfeited all recognition from the bitter Catholic Mary.

Now the carles are fighting stoutly, and all is well since thou livest yet.

Portlossie, some of whom, to whose lowland eyes the kilt was obnoxious, would have added a pair of trowsers, had not Miss Horn stoutly opposed them, confident that Duncan would regard the present as an insult.

So stoutly was the post held that the Vendean general saw that the bridge could not be taken, without terrible loss.

He is good humouredly aware that many attempts have been made to hoax him as the archsaucerer of Warminster over the past few years, but stoutly maintains that a large proportion of the sightings and hearings he has reported will stand up to any amount of critical investigation.

Servant here to thy mandates, heed thee among our Achaians, Either the mission hie on or stoutly do fight with the foemen?