stalwartlyadv.
Now rare.
In a stalwart manner, strongly, bravely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > valour or stoutness > [adverb]
orpedlyOE
stalworthlyc1175
stout1338
wightlya1340
doughtilya1375
stalworthilya1387
stoutlya1400
stalwartly1489
torelyc1540
stoutfullya1578
wightily?a1600
1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) ii. 66 [The king] swour in ire full stalwartly, That he suld drawyn and hangit be.
c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 6873 Þen gird in þe grekys with a grete wyll, Restoret þe stithe fight stalwertly þen.
1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 32 His steid aganis the storme staluartlie straid.
1887 in Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VI. ; and in later Dicts.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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