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vigilantly, adv.|ˈvɪdʒɪləntlɪ| [f. vigilant a. + -ly2.] In a vigilant manner; watchfully, alertly.
1531Elyot Gov. ii. xiv. (1880) II. 185 To the intent to persuade the reders to enserche therfore vigilauntly. 1587in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 445 To serve him truly, humbly, diligently, vigilantly and faithfully. 1617Collins Def. Bp. Ely ii. ix. 361 Then more vigilantly, more accurately, and more circumspectly, he denies it vtterly. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 115/1 The Corrector in his first reading of the Printed Coppy ought to be very carefull and vigilantly examine the proofe. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §21 How vigilantly you guard against imposture. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. lxiv. VI. 311 These passes had been vigilantly guarded. 1835J. B. Williams Life Hale Pref. p. ix, Such a misuse..is to be vigilantly avoided. 1884Church Bacon ix. 217 There is a group of them..which show how vigilantly..he had watched the..intriguers of Elizabeth's and James's Courts. |