Vigilantly

adv. [f. VIGILANT a. + -LY².] In a vigilant manner; watchfully, alertly.

1531.  Elyot, Gov., II. xiv. (1880), II. 185. To the intent to persuade the reders to enserche therfore vigilauntly.

1587.  in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm., App. V. 445. To serve him truly, humbly, diligently, vigilantly and faithfully.

1617.  Collins, Def. Bp. Ely, II. ix. 361. Then more vigilantly, more accurately, and more circumspectly, he denies it vtterly.

1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. 115/1. The Corrector in his first reading of the Printed Coppy ought to be very carefull and vigilantly examine the proofe.

1732.  Berkeley, Alciphr., VI. § 21. How vigilantly you guard against imposture.

1788.  Gibbon, Decl. & F., lxiv. VI. 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.  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.