as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals
civil rights activists nobly striving for justice and equality
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Recent Examples of nobly
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nobly
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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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Her silence tacitly endorses the president’s pardons of financial criminals the Justice Department had worked honorably to convict.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Jan. 2026
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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
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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
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“Nobly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobly. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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