doughtily
- a word derived from doughty.
Example Sentences
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West Ham spent much of the second half penned back defending their penalty area doughtily while their opponents played pinball around them.
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2015
She was having her first start since December when scoring round here in a competitive handicap last month, travelling strongly, jumping well in the main and finishing her race doughtily.
From The Guardian • Nov. 17, 2012
Many researchers cite Harvard’s probe as further proof of science’s self-correcting mechanisms, and praise students for doughtily standing up to an authority figure of Dr Hauser’s distinction.
From Economist • Aug. 26, 2010
Skipper Shakib waits mournfully under the lid and defends doughtily.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2010
Her mate had fought valiantly and doughtily for Warrigal, and she was proud of him; proud, too, of her own perspicacity and allurements in having drawn him to herself.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
