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as in courageously
in a fearless manner
struggled heroically to raise three children on her meager salary
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as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
doctors and nurses worked heroically through the night to keep the patient alive
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Recent Examples of heroically
Kendricks heroically broke up a fourth-down pass to seal the 49ers’ wild-card win in his first 49ers’ start, making his encore even more enticing, whether his weak-side wingman is again Garret Wallow or regular-season starter Dee Winters.
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Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
That’s especially if Niners star LB Fred Warner heroically returns from injury.
—Greg Cote
january 15, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Delta Slim heroically sacrifices himself so the rest of the survivors can get away.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and earned McConaughey strong reviews for his portrayal of a school bus driver who heroically saved a group of children during the 2018 fires in Paradise, CA.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Efforts to calm tensions have been buoyed by the fact that the man who heroically tackled Akram, fruit shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed, is himself a Muslim father of two.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
An example of this emerges right at the start with Shirin’s first outburst, when Kadyr heroically rescues a goat from drowning and hands it to an old man who claims to be its owner.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025
Were any of the kids who stayed up to see Yoshinobu Yamamoto heroically close out the series thinking about prop bets or the over/under?
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
But when pressed, Dijkstra describes himself above all as a patriot, heroically committed to the best possible future for Redania.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2026
That’s especially if Niners star LB Fred Warner heroically returns from injury.
—Greg Cote
january 15, Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
Delta Slim heroically sacrifices himself so the rest of the survivors can get away.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Jan. 2026
The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and earned McConaughey strong reviews for his portrayal of a school bus driver who heroically saved a group of children during the 2018 fires in Paradise, CA.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Efforts to calm tensions have been buoyed by the fact that the man who heroically tackled Akram, fruit shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed, is himself a Muslim father of two.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
An example of this emerges right at the start with Shirin’s first outburst, when Kadyr heroically rescues a goat from drowning and hands it to an old man who claims to be its owner.
—Tomris Laffly, Variety, 23 Nov. 2025
Were any of the kids who stayed up to see Yoshinobu Yamamoto heroically close out the series thinking about prop bets or the over/under?
—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
But when pressed, Dijkstra describes himself above all as a patriot, heroically committed to the best possible future for Redania.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroically
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HIs wife, Sia Thao, organized the family’s escape from their village, keeping her sisters-in-law and the children together and courageously handling being questioned by police who were looking for her husband.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
18 Jan. 2026
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Our sense of our own competency enhances our ability to behave courageously, even if we’re terrified initially.—
Ranjay Gulati,
CNBC,
28 Nov. 2025
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Buzzell served eight months in Iraq and Kuwait before being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 2009.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
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House Bill 1037 would waive the fee for a fishing license for active-duty military members and for military veterans who were honorably discharged.—
Bart Pfankuch,
South Dakota News Watch,
12 Jan. 2026
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Pasha, as he is known, bravely stood up against the Russian government’s endeavor to indoctrinate students nationwide after the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
23 Jan. 2026
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One man — one young, confident Portuguese man — clings bravely to his beliefs as the rest of the world falls into groupthink.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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Gold in particular has been buoyed by a mix of geopolitical tensions, fiscal uncertainty and concerns over currency debasement, forces that many believe remain firmly in place.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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The Nets are firmly in the draft lottery picture with 36 games left, and their position is becoming clearer by the day.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Activists who valiantly defend the less fortunate among us?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Nov. 2025
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Clark tried valiantly to fend off the Russian attack.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
17 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Heroically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroically. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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