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heroically

adverb

Definition of heroicallynext
1
as in courageously
in a fearless manner struggled heroically to raise three children on her meager salary

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2
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 The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026 The 2025 second-round pick heroically forced and recovered a goal-line fumble in last season’s overtime road win over the Rams. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2026 In one scene, Amy heroically assuages an embittered foster kid by returning him to the memory of a fun school field trip. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026 This turned a great explorer into a great survivor, as the voyage went down in legend for the extraordinary escape by those on board and a heroically safe return. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 4 July 2026 Vermax was in dire trouble until Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) heroically steered her Moondancer and broke the rope attached to the anchor. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 June 2026 Your mother, heroically, became a warrior and a frontierswoman, an explorer, a pioneer. — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026 Patrick Gallagher, who earned the Navy Cross during the Vietnam War for heroically shielding his fellow Marines from a live grenade. — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heroically
  1. courageously
  2. honorably
  3. bravely
  4. manfully
  5. firmly
  6. valiantly
  7. boldly
Adverb
  • Roosevelt and Britain’s Winston Churchill shrewdly and courageously led the West in the epic battle against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan through World War II.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Police say the victim courageously fought for her life and escaped to the breezeway of the apartment, screaming for help as Reyes continued to assault her.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of courageously
Adverb
  • Nash was honorably discharged from the Air Force in 2016 and worked as a contractor overseas, teaching pilots to fly F-15.
    — Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Bowen remained in the Marines until August 1946, when he was honorably discharged.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of honorably
Adverb
  • But, over the award show’s 75-plus-year tenure, there have been a handful of celebs who bravely bared all—and delivered unforgettable looks in the process.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Skirting bravely around the edges of space to seek solace, they’re hunted by the Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a deadly Alliance assassin on a mission who seeks to recapture her.
    — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of bravely
Adverb
  • Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Definition of manfully
Adverb
  • Xi appears to be in a stronger position, having overseen a surge in China's trade and firmly in control of supplies of rare earth minerals that give him powerful leverage.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The play seems to want to flirt with the idea of Grand Guignol, even if remains more firmly rooted in the land of Samuel Beckett.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of firmly
Adverb
  • The British Jews fighting valiantly for Britain do not regard themselves as homeless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Unmoored, often ill with tuberculosis, and in and out of hospitals, Leigh valiantly continued to work, seemingly unconcerned about her precarious health.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of valiantly
Adverb
  • Jackson has responded accordingly and spoken boldly about the offense’s potential.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • If leaders distinguish between thoughtful and careless risks, people can move boldly without lowering the bar.
    — Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of boldly

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“Heroically.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heroically. Accessed 25 Sep. 2026.

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