adv. [f. ENERGETICAL a. + -LY2.] In an energetical manner.
1775. De Lolme, Eng. Const. (1784), Pref. 1. Which he so energetically applauds.
1836. Random Recoll. Ho. Lords, xiv. 339. His longest and most energetically delivered speeches.
1855. Macaulay, Hist. Eng., IV. 86. He did not approve of the plan: but he executed it as zealously and energetically as if he had himself been the author of it.
1883. H. Spencer, in Contemp. Rev., XLIII. 8. You know that the primitive man lacks power of application. Spurred by hunger, by danger, by revenge, he can exert himself energetically for a time; but his energy is spasmodic.
