stoutly
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- r in a resolute manner
he was stoutly replying to his critics
- The Yale researchers found many a Jew who stoutly denied having been brought up to believe that Jews are more temperate than Gentiles.
- And he has stoutly resisted increases in the gas-mileage requirements for sport-utility vehicles and minivans.
- Otherwise, Joan Little remained remarkably self-possessed through two days of painful testimony and crossexamination, sticking stoutly to her story that she had been defending .