vigilantlyadv.
/ˈvɪdʒᵻləntli/, /ˈvɪdʒl̩n̩tli/, U.S. /ˈvɪdʒələn(t)li/ In a vigilant manner; watchfully, alertly.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [adverb]
vigilantly1531
watchfully1538
watchingly1552
wakefullya1586
guardfully?1611
unwinkingly1849
a-watch1856
alertly1865
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. xiv. sig. Xviv To the intent to persuade the reders to enserche therfore vigilauntly.
1587 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 445 To serve him truly, humbly, diligently, vigilantly and faithfully.
1617 S. Collins Epphata to F. T. ii. ix. 361 Then more vigilantly, more accurately, and more circumspectly, he denies it vtterly.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 115/1 The Corrector in his first reading of the Printed Coppy ought to be very carefull and vigilantly examine the proofe.
1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxi. 77 How vigilantly you guard against imposture.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall VI. lxiv. 311 These passes had been vigilantly guarded.
1835 J. B. Williams Life Hale Pref. p. ix Such a misuse..is to be vigilantly avoided.
1884 R. W. Church Bacon ix. 217 There is a group of them..which show how vigilantly..he had watched the..intriguers of Elizabeth's and James's Courts.
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