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vigilantly

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vig·i·lant  (vj-lnt)
adj.
On the alert; watchful. See Synonyms at aware.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vigilns, vigilant-, present participle of vigilre, to be watchful; see vigilante.]

vigi·lant·ly adv.
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Adv.1.vigilantlyvigilantly - in a watchful manner                
Translations
vigilantly [ˈvɪdʒɪləntlɪ] ADVvigilantemente
vigilantly
advaufmerksam; patrolwachsam


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It was not to be expected that our travellers could pass unseen through a region thus vigilantly sentineled; accordingly, in the edge of the evening, not long after they had encamped at the foot of the Bighorn Sierra, a couple of wild-looking beings, scantily clad in skins, but well armed, and mounted on horses as wild- looking as themselves, were seen approaching with great caution from among the rocks.
Each day he spent from an hour to two hours in the cage, watching the rehearsing, with nothing for him and Jack to do save stand vigilantly on guard.
Reach not after morality and righteousness, my friends; watch vigilantly your stomach, and diet it with care and judgment.
 
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