lustily

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈlʌstɪli/ UK /ˈlʌstɪli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a vigorous and hearty manner

The crowd sang the anthem lustily.

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Synonyms

1 adv · in a vigorous and hearty... vigorously heartily robustly energetically powerfully boisterously

Opposites

feebly weakly faintly

Word family

Related forms lusty lust lustiness

Etymology

From lusty + -ly. Lusty is from Middle English lusti ('joyful, vigorous'), from lust ('vigor, desire'), from Old English lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

lust Old English *lustuz Proto-Germanic

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# lustily

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈlʌstɪli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlʌstɪli/

## Meanings
1. in a vigorous and hearty manner

## Examples
- The crowd sang the anthem lustily.

## Synonyms
- vigorously
- heartily
- robustly
- energetically
- powerfully
- boisterously

## Antonyms
- feebly
- weakly
- faintly

## Related Forms
- lusty
- lust
- lustiness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lust
- Root: *lustuz

## Etymology
From lusty + -ly. Lusty is from Middle English lusti ('joyful, vigorous'), from lust ('vigor, desire'), from Old English lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.

## AI Etymology
Lustily comes from lusty + -ly. Lusty is from Middle English lusti ('joyful, vigorous'), from lust ('vigor, desire'), from Old English lust, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. The etymological trail includes Old English lust, Proto-Germanic *lustuz. The same word family includes lusty, lust, lustiness. Its current adverb use means "in a vigorous and hearty manner".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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