stoutly

Variant of stout

stout definition

stout (sto̵ut)

adjective

  1. courageous; brave; undaunted
    1. strong in body; sturdy
    2. strong in construction; firm; substantial a stout wall
  3. powerful; forceful
  4. fat; thickset; corpulent

Etymology: ME < OFr estout, bold, prob. < Frank stolt, proud, bold, akin to MDu stelte, stilt

noun

  1. a fat person
  2. a garment in a size for a fat man
  3. a dark-brown beer like porter, but heavier and sweeter and containing a higher percentage of hops

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