Definition

Adverb: 1. With great vigor, energy, or robustness; in a hearty and healthy manner. It describes an action done with full strength, enthusiasm, or vitality.

Usage and Examples

The adverb "lustily" is used to modify verbs, describing how an action is performed—specifically with vigorous energy.

• The crowd sang the national anthem lustily, their voices filling the stadium.
• After the rain, the flowers in the garden grew lustily.
• The baby cried lustily, indicating healthy lungs.

Advanced Usage

• "To protest lustily": To demonstrate or object with great force and vocal intensity.
  • The workers protested lustily against the unfair policies.
• "To laugh lustily": To laugh in a very hearty, full-bodied, and uninhibited way.
  • He threw back his head and laughed lustily at the joke.

Variants and Related Words

• Lusty (adjective): Full of vigor, robust, and healthy.
  • He gave a lusty cheer.
  • The sailor was a lusty fellow.

Synonyms

• Heartily: With sincere and enthusiastic feeling.
• Vigorously: With physical strength and energy.
• Robustly: In a strong and healthy way.
• Strenuously: With great effort and energy.

Antonyms

• Feebly: With little strength or force.
• Weakly: Lacking physical strength.
• Languidly: Without energy or enthusiasm; slowly.

Related Phrases and Idioms

(While "lustily" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in descriptive phrases emphasizing vigorous action.) * To shout/cry/sing lustily: Standard collocations where "lustily" intensifies the action verb.

Adverb

1. in a healthy manner
   • the young plants grew lustily