as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
greatheartedly refusing to profit from his pharmacological discoveries, he never applied for any patents
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Adverb
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Dunk eventually became Lord Commander of the Kingsguard, serving honorably and admirably.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026 -
He was honorably discharged with the rank of sergeant but was never deployed.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The state requires that such offenses be reported to law enforcement, which greatly concerned his mom.—
Jeffrey S. Solochek,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Feb. 2026
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Why these two groups of people turn to their phones varies greatly.—
Emily Kwong,
NPR,
25 Feb. 2026
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Just weeks after heroically saving a neighbor’s choking 1-year-old girl, an NYPD officer was at it again, saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who had stopped breathing in his Bronx home.—
Barry Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2026
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First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Greatheartedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greatheartedly. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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