energetically

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Recent Examples of energetically During winter, both kinglet species flit among tree branches, frequently hovering and energetically flicking their wings to startle insects into movement. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Italians are fed energetically with the sustenance of beauty, ease, and joy. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 Molecules pooling close to regions that repel water can be forced into distinctive arrangements that are energetically costly to maintain, resembling pieces of a jigsaw puzzle pushed into patterns poised on the verge of scattering. — Mike McRae 13, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026 The government once dedicated itself energetically to distributing homesteads or homes. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The 49ers energetically dominated in a 27-7 victory while the Rams exhaustedly despaired in front of more than 100,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a venue that hosts Australian rules football games that aren’t this ugly. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 In what is often considered Pelechian’s magnum opus, the ancient antagonism of nature and humanity plays out in a depiction of a remote farming community, energetically scored with Armenian folk music and Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 There was also a large contingent of Iranian fans who energetically waved the nation’s current flag. — Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 16 June 2026 When stewardship of the program passed to my colleagues and me, our responsibility was to expand energetically into a new age of media technology while preserving the values our audience expects. — Joanna Ossinger,laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for energetically
Adverb
  • In Beacon Falls, Danbury and Cromwell, developers have strongly signalled their intentions to build but haven’t filed official zoning applications.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Brand, who strongly denied wrongdoing, will be sentenced next week.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • The letter warns that any attempt by Alterra to stop paying rent or abandon the premises without resolving its contractual obligations would be vigorously contested.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In experiments plants that are rigidly staked to prevent their movement or that are grown in pots and turned out of sync with the Sun grow less vigorously and have fewer or smaller leaves.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Palestinian citizens of Israel, descendants of those who remained as the state of Israel was established in 1948 (when a majority of the prewar population was forcibly expelled or fled during the war) now make up about 20% of the population.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Guitarricadelafuente — who co-stars in the film alongside Milo Quifes and Carlos González — plays Sebastián, a young musician (trumpeter) forcibly recruited by Franco’s forces after surviving an attack during the Spanish Civil War.
    — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Roast tofu and sweet potatoes, ruffly kale, a powerfully herby dressing.
    — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
  • In a powerfully compelling novel that brims with the cadences of the Black South, Jones explores the women’s diverging lives while using them as a lens to observe social injustice in language that is intimate, conversational, and musical.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • The easy chemistry translates into the competition itself, where Levine notes that the four coaches are all fiercely competitive, but without the kind of animosity that can sometimes come with fighting over artists.
    — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Greg’s colleagues from over the years describe him as fiercely competitive, not just with work projects but also with hobbies like running and weight lifting.
    — Julia Black, Vanity Fair, 2 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • It got scuttled by courts in Missouri and then firmly defeated by its voters Tuesday.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Brand firmly denied all the charges, based on allegations made by six women.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026
Adverb
  • Six women allege offenses dating from 1999 to 2009, and Brand denies the allegations vehemently.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Yet after the Italian press caught wind of a meeting about a week ago between him and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis, the latter vehemently denied Napoli was for sale.
    — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Allowing political control over grantmaking to become more deeply entrenched would make recovery considerably harder.
    — Carole LaBonne, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Just by chance, a guy who does what he is coached to do, continues to work really, really hard and do the right things, the ball somehow finds him.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 8 Nov. 2026

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“Energetically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/energetically. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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