as in heartily
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Recent Examples of lustily
Tom Cruise sat elbow to elbow with David Beckham; UCLA and Los Angeles Lakers star Kareem Abdul Jabbar got a rousing ovation and Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart was lustily booed.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
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Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
They were lustily booed at every opportunity.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
One play after a Jalen Hurts fumble — and only three plays into the second half — the Philadelphia Eagles were trailing the Los Angeles Rams 26-7 in their NFC championship game rematch, with an offensive effort that was lustily booed by the home crowd.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
Helen wept quietly, believing her world had come to an end, while Alice, always comfortable with attention, cried more lustily.
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Charlotte Brooks,
Big Think,
13 Mar. 2026
They were lustily booed at every opportunity.
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Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
One play after a Jalen Hurts fumble — and only three plays into the second half — the Philadelphia Eagles were trailing the Los Angeles Rams 26-7 in their NFC championship game rematch, with an offensive effort that was lustily booed by the home crowd.
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Rohan Nadkarni,
NBC news,
21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lustily
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This flowering vine takes a season or two to get started, but grows quickly and heartily thereafter, McEnerney says.
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Having heartily amused himself with his little trick in the privacy of the bathroom, Rosales went to bed.
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Throughout the evening, Angela eagerly seeks Hawk and Piña’s approval, while Joe refuses to indulge them.
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The new kings did not insist that scribes ought to write official documents in their own Germanic tongue, but eagerly adopted the more prestigious Latin language.
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Obama briskly entered and immediately apologized for tardiness.
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Early announces, briskly nodding.
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Kelly, who still lives in the Western New York area and is actively involved with the Bills, is looking forward to the team’s first home game in their new stadium.
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When not displaying geyser-like activity, the pool was actively boiling.
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Last season Hustus handled more than 16,000 lobsters all while chatting animatedly with visitors from around the world—and often introducing them to their first tastes of lobster.
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On her Instagram Story, the As Ever founder shared an accompanying video which, according to People, features a voice that’s likely Lilibet’s animatedly speaking towards the end of the clip, as the waves rolled in.
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Footage later shared by Storyful captured the terrifying moments that followed as the house began shaking violently around him.
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There are Welsh people who are almost violently, aggressively confident.
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Tom gamely tries to put a positive spin on things.
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At Blaze’s house, Jessie and the gang meet an interactive potty-training toy called Smarty Pants, a toilet-paper roll with light-up eyes and the voice of Conan O’Brien, who spends the movie gamely dropping one mildly scatological one-liner after another.
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By the end of the decade, these issues will be actively and fiercely debated in mainstream society—in the courtroom, on the campaign trail, in the media, around the dinner table.
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The uninitiated might be surprised that Game Changer has amassed a fiercely loyal, very active online fan base.
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“Lustily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustily. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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