honorably

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Recent Examples of honorably Most garages and mechanics do their jobs honorably. Josh Max, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 He was then honorably discharged, with countless salutations and medals for his heroism. Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025 He was honorably discharged in 1947. IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for honorably
Adverb
  • In dog stories, a dog gives unbounded love and is the best possible friend and behaves heroically—and then the dog dies.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • When gunfire shattered a routine Mass marking the first week of class at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis, middle school students were among those who acted heroically, according to an emergency official, a principal and a parent whose children attend the school.
    Bill Chappell, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • While many elements of the story are autobiographical, there are significant differences, the most important being that his protagonist, Seita, was an idealized character who acted far more nobly and cared much better for his little sister than Nosaka himself had been capable of.
    Ginny Tapley Takemori September 4, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Where else must a soprano nobly compete with police sirens zooming down Lake Shore Drive?
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The song encourages women to love courageously while guarding their hearts.
    Billboard China, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
  • While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked.
    Judith Y. Kim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • But as Pyongyang has greatly expanded its missile and nuclear programs since the early 2000s, some foreign policy analysts in Beijing increasingly saw North Korea as more of a liability than strategic ally.
    Nectar Gan, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Data from the Federal Emergency Management Agency shows timelines to get FEMA aid flowing to Wisconsin have varied greatly across presidential administrations, spanning from just a few days to more than two months.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Honorably.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/honorably. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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