Based on the context of the sentence, the meaning of the word "stout" used here is best matched with:
- vigorously
The passage describes the speaker's ability to run powerfully and energetically, which aligns with the notion of running "vigorously."
from My Old Man
1 "Come on, kid," he'd say, stepping up and down on his toes in front of the jock's dressing room, "let's get moving."
2 Then we'd start off jogging around the infield once, maybe, with him ahead, running nice, and then turn out the gate and along one of those roads with all the trees along both sides of them that run out from San Siro. I'd go ahead of him when we hit the road and I could run pretty stout and I'd look around and he'd be jogging easy just behind me and after a little while I'd look around again and he'd begun to sweat. Sweating heavy and he'd just be dogging it along with his eyes on my back, but when he'd catch me looking at him he'd grin and say, "Sweating plenty?" When my old man grinned, nobody could help but grin too.
This sentence is from the passage.
"I'd go ahead of him when we hit the road and I could run pretty stout and I'd look around and he'd be jogging easy just behind me and after a little while I'd look around again and he'd begun to sweat." (Paragraph 2)
Based on the context, which meaning of the word stout is used in the sentence?
1. courageously
2. dependably
3. determinedly
4. vigorously
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