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as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
gallantly offered to personally accompany the lost tourists back to their hotel
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as in courageously
in a fearless manner
he ran gallantly to the rescue of the woman being mugged
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Recent Examples of gallantly
Having traded his signature smocks and fedora for a black tuxedo and shiny Oxfords, Schnabel bowed gallantly to the crowd and embraced Isaac and his cast throughout the ovation.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gallantly
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She was honorably discharged from the Army in 2014, then obtained her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from John Jay College in New York in 2017, records show.—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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As a result, thousands of veterans who honorably served our nation still struggle to access even basic preventative care or care programs offered through the federal VA.—
Rep. Jaime Foster,
Hartford Courant,
25 Mar. 2026
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Inside Iran, people are openly and courageously chanting his name.—
Benjamin Weinthal,
FOXNews.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Williams was given the military’s highest honor for courageously taking on seven Soviet MiG aircraft over Korea in 1952 and knocking four of them out of the sky in what is widely regarded as one of the longest and toughest aerial dogfights in the history of the Navy.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Four Michigan police officers were injured Wednesday while heroically saving five people trapped inside a car that crashed into a tractor-trailer and burst into flames in Michigan.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Delta Slim heroically sacrifices himself so the rest of the survivors can get away.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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The two women bravely faced Gale in court Tuesday, recounting how their lives have changed.—
Neal Riley,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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The batter, however, bravely shakes it off and proceeds to first base.—
Michel A. Ibrahim,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2026
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But Miami was firmly in the driver’s seat all evening and MU rarely led.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2026
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There are also concerns that toppling a regime that's been so firmly in control of the country for nearly half a century, with no obvious new administration waiting to take over, could simply create chaos.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
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However Taparjan valiantly deconstructs her personality by examining her past and unearthing her demons and traumas.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
20 Mar. 2026
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Braun and Johnson tried valiantly, though.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Gallantly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gallantly. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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