▪ I. † ˈstoutly, a. Obs.
[f. stout a. + -ly1.]
Stout, valiant.
| 1338 R. Brunne Chron. (1725) 221 Stoutly was þat stoure, long lastand þat fight. c 1614 Sir W. Mure Dido & æneas i. 349 ‘Stay, stowtly ȝowthes!’ (she sayes), ‘who heir resorte.’ |
▪ II. stoutly, adv.
(ˈstaʊtlɪ)
[f. stout a. + -ly2.]
1. Valiantly, bravely, with courage and energy; manfully.
| 13.. Sir Beues 683 Beues stoutliche in þat stounde Haf vp is heued fro þe grounde. 1375 Barbour Bruce xi. 158 In ilkane war weill ten thousand, That thoucht thai stalwardly suld stand In the battale and stoutly ficht. 1422 Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 134 Thay hath longe afor wel deseruyd in battaille and dyuers Stowres stowtly demenet ham-Selfe in grete yonge-man-hode. 1540 Palsgr. Acolastus iii. i. N iv b, He..playeth his parte stoutely or lyke a man. 1549 Coverdale etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Tim. iii. 8–13 Lyke as in a seculer commen wealthe he is called to be a Mayor, that before vsed himselfe stowtely in the wardenshyp. 1593 Shakes. Lucr. 1209 Faint not faint heart, but stoutlie say so be it. 1610 Healey St. Aug. Citie of God i. xi. 21 Whole armies..went stoutly to these slaughters. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke Farm vi. 78, I..walked as stoutly as any of them to where the surgeons were. 1904 Verney Mem. II. 342 When a traveller of unwonted courage stoutly defeated the gentlemen who meant to rob him. |
† b. By means of valour. Obs.
| 1649 J. H. Motion to Parl. 13 You have done great things for us, and equall to what hath been done in any Nation, either stoutly or fortunately. |
† 2. Haughtily, proudly, arrogantly. Obs.
| a 1547 J. Croke Thirteen Ps. (Percy Soc.) 13 And when I slyde, both hele and toes, Then stowtly they of me do speake. 1572 Huloet (ed. Higins), Stoutly, proudly, or arrogantly, superbè, elatè, arroganter [etc.]. 1632 Milton L'Allegro 52 While the Cock..Stoutly struts his Dames before. |
3. Resolutely, firmly, uncompromisingly.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 3521 And ȝyf he wyl nat with feyre lere, Þan mayst þou speke stoutly to hym withoute wraþþe, wurdys ful grym. a 1533 Frith Disput. Purgat. Wks. (1573) 19/1 Rastell..would stoutely affirme that the body suffereth neither well nor woe, ioy nor payne, good nor euill. 1568 Grafton Chron. II. 777 Sithence he had once begonne, he would stoutly go thorowe. 1579 E. K. in Spenser's Sheph. Cal., Gen. Argt., It is..stoutely mainteyned with stronge reasons of the learned, that the yeare beginneth in March. 1682 Norris Hierocles Pref. 3 To rail stoutly against Popery. a 1703 Burkitt On N.T. John ix. 38 Behold this blind man..stoutly defending the gracious author of his cure. 1779 Mirror No. 34 Miss Betsy denied stoutly that she ever sung at all. 1840 Thackeray Catherine vii, She stoutly swore that no parents could ever desert their children. 1858 Trollope Dr. Thorne xxxiv, The doctor..at once resolved stoutly that he would not go. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. i. 21 ‘What for should they not listen?’ said Fräulein Schroder stoutly. 1891 Speaker 2 May 564/1 The admiration even of those who were most stoutly opposed to his political opinions. |
† 4. Stubbornly, contumaciously. Obs.
| 15.. Wyf of Auchtirmwchty 100 in Bannatyne MS. (Hunter. Club) 345 Scho hard him, and scho hard him not, Bot stowtly steird the stottis abowt. 1631 Gouge God's Arrows i. §22. 30 Others would be emboldened..to carrie themselves stoutly against God. |
5. Vigorously, with might and main, lustily. ? Obs.
| 1399 Langl. R. Redeles i. 114 Ȝe cleued to knavis..Þat..stirid ȝou stouttely till ȝe stombled all. c 1482 J. Kay tr. Caoursin's Siege of Rhodes ¶10 (1870), They casted agaynes the tour thre hondred grete stones of bombardes and brake the toure stoutely and put it in a grete danger to be ouerthrawn. 1684 Otway Atheist iv. i. 42 I'll swinge her the stoutlier, for alienating his Affections from his natural Father. 1709 T. Robinson Vind. Mosaick Syst. 90 [Wood-Ants] with Burthens of green Leaves upon their Backs, so big that one can scarce see the Insect for the Burthen, and yet they march stoutly. 1773 Goldsm. Stoops to Conq. i. ii, Drive up the yard, and call stoutly about you. 1810 Scott Lady of L. i. vi, The gallant stag swam stoutly o'er. 1815 ― Guy M. xlv, Dinmont, I say, fell stoutly upon the good cheer. |
† b. with reference to drinking. Obs. (Common in 17–18th c.)
| 1617 Moryson Itin. iii. 51 The Novocomians [are said] to eate without end and drinke stoutly. 1687 A. Lovell tr. Thevenot's Trav. iii. 24 To let the World see that he could drink stoutly, on the Top of his Pyramid there is a large Stone-cup. 1749 Fielding Tom Jones xviii. xiii, These two therefore sat stoutly to it, during the whole evening. |
6. Strongly, massively, solidly; so as to be stout or thick, or with the addition of something stout.
| c 1350 Will. Palerne 1950 Alle on stalworþ stedes stoutliche i-horsed. 1604 Shakes. Oth. ii. i. 48 His Barke is stoutly Timber'd. a 1825 Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Spile, a wedge of wood stoutly pointed with iron. 1891 Hardwicke's Sci-Gossip XXVII. 55 The species are rather more stoutly built than the Tipulinæ. 1892 Lady F. Verney Verney Mem. II. 193 They..manufactured a wooden cannon from an elm tree, stoutly hooped with iron. |
7. Comb.
| 1648 J. Beaumont Psyche vii. ccx, Dark Bats,..Surprised by a stoutly-flashing Flame. Ibid. xvi. i, Whose stoutly-paradoxick Essence founds Its dearest Health upon its deepest wounds. 1833 J. Nyren Yng. Cricketer's Tutor (1902) 94 He was a short and rather stoutly-made man. 1872 Coues N. Amer. Birds 216 A large stoutly-built hawk. 1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 359 Bees..are generally rather stoutly-built insects. |