lustily

adverb

Definition of lustilynext
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. — 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. — Charlotte Brooks, Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026 They were lustily booed at every opportunity. — 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. — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lustily
  1. heartily
  2. eagerly
  3. briskly
  4. actively
  5. animatedly
  6. violently
  7. gamely
  8. fiercely
Adverb
  • As a whole, Indonesians—men and women, young and old—cherish children, and welcome them heartily.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026
  • This flowering vine takes a season or two to get started, but grows quickly and heartily thereafter, McEnerney says.
    — Ann Hinga Klein, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026
Definition of heartily
Adverb
  • Grand Theft Auto 6 fans eagerly await a third trailer ahead of its November 19, 2026 release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
    — Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • If Spam isn’t your thing — how dare you — locals just as eagerly devour katsubi (a chicken katsu musubi), egg musubi or even, yes, hot dog musubi.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of eagerly
Adverb
  • Screenwriters Jared Bush and Dana Ledoux Miller briskly sketch in the legend that hovers like a stormcloud waiting to descend over life in the lush coconut groves and on the golden beaches.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • The 2025 ceremony honoring Conan O’Brien built toward an ambitious finale; this one moved briskly, with less spectacle and little sentimentality.
    — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
Definition of briskly
Adverb
  • Asia’s governments are actively de-risking from the USD, with central banks aggressively expanding their gold reserves.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 July 2026
  • Payments will only begin after the new nuclear plant is completely built and actively delivering electricity to the power grid.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
Definition of actively
Adverb
  • Alqasimi speaks animatedly about Alfred Hitchcock’s framing techniques in midcentury films like Rear Window and Rope, and the idea of withholding a complete view in order to sustain curiosity.
    — Mona Basharat, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • 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.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
Definition of animatedly
Adverb
  • The government of husband-and-wife copresidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, has been carrying out an all-out crackdown on dissent since mass social protests in 2018 that the government violently repressed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Months of the drip-drip-drip of warning signs about a perverse and violently disturbed man were not enough to convince Democratic leaders to go in a different direction in their primary.
    — Jennifer Bukowsky, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026
Definition of violently
Adverb
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the brilliant 32-year-old author, gamely echoed the Declaration of Independence.
    — Brian DeLay, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
  • Yet director Philip Barantini, while unable to gamely juggle the disparate plot elements, keeps things amiably brisk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Definition of gamely
Adverb
  • Every child deserves security, dignity, and a community that stands fiercely in their defense.
    — S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Meade plays her estranged sister, Erin Whisper, a hard-partying, fiercely independent single mother who never left.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 13 July 2026
Definition of fiercely

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“Lustily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustily. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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