lustily
- adverb
- /ˈlʌstɪli/
- The children played lustily in the park, running and laughing with great enthusiasm.
- cheer lustily
- sing lustily
- booed lustily
Examples
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Beaty laughs lustily at her own twice-told tale.
Academic text (2011) -
The company joins in the chorus lustily, and Harry's rendition is enthusiastically applauded.
Academic text (1990) -
And she lustily bit into an apple.
Fiction book (1996) -
Yet I determine to fight lustily for him.
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We are asked to make sacrifices and then to cheer lustily for a tie in a game that we did not even ask to play.
Academic text (1992) -
The crowd cheers lustily, continuing to shout out bets as the dog goes after the rats.
Fiction book (2002) -
But those who remained cheered loudly, lustily and long for Eve.
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The Addams mob cheers lustily and launches into the finale of the song.
Fiction book (1991) -
His congregation was standing bolt upright and singing as lustily as any crowd of Baptists he'd ever seen or heard tell of.
Fiction book (1999) -
At first light on the Mara, the predators of the night can be seen lustily consuming the early morning kill: topi, eland, zebra, and remnants of the wildebeest migration.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
In a strong, happy, and sincere way
In a lively and eager way
Doing something with great energy and strong interest
In a strong and forceful way
In a lively, excited way
To do something with a lot of energy and joy
In a lively and energetic way that shows excitement
With strong, lively energy, often loudly
In a lively, energetic way that makes people feel excited
In a lively, joyful way like when people laugh and play together
In a lively, playful way full of energy
In a lively, energetic, stylish way like wearing exercise clothes
In a happy, lively way that shows joy
Antonyms
How Vigorous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word lustily comes from the old word lust, which meant 'pleasure' or 'desire' in early English and is like the German word 'Lust'. So, to do something lustily is to do it with lively energy and strong pleasure.