loftily

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Adverb
  • Through no fault of Newton’s, Faith functions less as a second protagonist than a prop to give Grace more emotional investment in the proceedings by saddling her with guilt over their estrangement or opportunities to nobly sacrifice herself.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Adverb
  • My For You page is a shrine to snatched young women magnanimously sharing their tips for taut faces.
    Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Mamdani magnanimously noted the president’s high support in 2024 for a Republican in New York.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • The palace, looming grandly just behind the stage, was lit up with a dynamic video projection, integrating it into the concert — the first time the historic and deeply symbolic structure had ever been used for a pop show.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
  • In Dumas’ work, fights and duels and brave assaults on prisons are done grandly, out in the open.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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
Adverb
  • The White House amplified the post, which was accompanied by a rendering of one of the ships, the United States Naval Ship (USNS) Mercy, sailing majestically on open ocean.
    Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • On Saturday, 79-year-old Conceição Evaristo, a writer from Minas Gerais known for her powerful works centering on Black women's experiences, sat majestically atop a float designed by samba school Imperio Serrano at Rio’s famed Sambodrome.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026
Adverb
  • 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.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • But two stepsisters are a chorus, a camp against which she is heroically positioned.
    Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In the memoir, Donovan confronts the origins of his mental health issues, talks about growing up poor in a 900-square-foot home managed heroically by his single mother, Donna, and how even his greatest successes on the field left him unfulfilled.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • Santa Cruz, a hunk of volcanic rock wedged between the blues of sky and ocean and inhabited by over a thousand scrappy species of creatures and plants, feels magnificently wild.
    Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Gill is a storm of rage, magnificently suppressing George’s base instincts for the sake of decorum.
    David John Chávez, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Loftily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loftily. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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