Stoutly

The friends of free coinage stoutly asserted that this purchase of silver bullion would not only prevent its depreciation, but would advance its market value, and thus be a gain to the government. ❋ John Sherman (N/A)

Then he came down and stepped to her boldly, and looked steadfastly on his mirror, and struck with his sword stoutly once, and he did not need to strike again. ❋ Various (N/A)

Some friendly Darnley Islanders were described as stoutly made, with bushy hair; the cartilage between the nostrils cut away; the lobes of the ears split, and stretched “to a good length.” ❋ Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 (1914)

Some friendly Darnley Islanders were described as stoutly made, with bushy hair; the cartilage between the nostrils cut away; the lobes of the ears split, and stretched "to a good length." ❋ Ernest Scott (1903)

Until the past year Mr. Leigh had been the kind of stoutly energetic older man you call _hale, hearty. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He stoutly denied to the police that he was trying to kill himself, claiming that he had climbed the viaduct to get a better view of Brighton. ❋ Patrick Cockburn (2011)

"And we'll play that chance," she rejoined stoutly. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Religious conservatives have stoutly resisted this notion, reminding us that many pivotal events in American political history -- from abolition to the civil rights movement -- came about in large part thanks to religiously informed social activism. ❋ Michael Gerson (2010)

Calhoun, stoutly and correctly insisted, It is not another Fukushima. ❋ Carl Pope (2011)

Back in the work room she wandered solemnly about, glancing now at the prodigious filing system, at the chart and blue-print cabinets, at the revolving shelves of reference books, and at the long rows of stoutly bound herd registers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

As Valentine's Day approaches each year he stoutly proclaims his disdain for this "faux holiday, this commercial invention by some ad man or company created for the sake of making a few bucks, selling silly, heart-shaped cards, bouquets and chocolates." ❋ Jamie Schler (2011)

Pat Quinn, a Democrat, stoutly defended the tax increases. ❋ Douglas Belkin (2011)

It says something interesting, I am certain, about human thought processes that some will stoutly defend Wal Mart for engaging in the behavior for which they mercilessly castigate unions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mr Amani one of many Azerbaijanis benefiting from the UK's outstanding academic institutions has in the past stoutly defended the wisdom of President Ilham Aliyev's "diligent balance" in his leadership of our country – notably in a contribution to our National Diplomatic Academy's school of international affairs publication. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Indeed, the utterly transcendent deity was stoutly resisted, especially by Jewish and Christian mystics, long into the Middle Ages and beyond. ❋ James L. Kugel (2011)

If this debate was a play for Washington voters, O'Malley played his advantage on the issues well -- he stoutly defended a rail-based Purple Line and he went farther than Ehrlich on gay marriage, which is a winning issue for him in the Washington suburbs. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2010)