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			| 1.
								characterized by forceful and energetic action or activity a vigorous hiker
 gave her skirt a vigorous shake
 a vigorous campaign
 a vigorous foreign policy
 vigorous opposition to the war
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								strong and active physically or mentally
 a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback
 
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			| The following are synonyms for 'vigorous'. Click on any of them to get both Bibliodata's full list of common definitions and a further set of synonyms. 
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			| smartly
					
				
					
				vigorously |  
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		| energetic
					
		
					
		robust |  
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