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
Though not a direct spin-off, The Pitt inherited ER’s gritty realism, inclusion of real-world social issues, and portrayal of frontline health care workers as heroic, if flawed, people who nobly fight to save their patients amid chaotic circumstances.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
Will studios abandon new work for memeslop or nobly resist a descent into IP-management nothingness?
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Farahani is nobly resilient as the endlessly compassionate doctor, mother and sister.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 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
Where else must a soprano nobly compete with police sirens zooming down Lake Shore Drive?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Apr. 2026
Will studios abandon new work for memeslop or nobly resist a descent into IP-management nothingness?
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026
Farahani is nobly resilient as the endlessly compassionate doctor, mother and sister.
—Los Angeles Times, 26 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
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
Adverb
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Rush was honorably discharged a decade earlier, in February 2015, as a lieutenant (O-3), according to court documents.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
28 May 2026
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Rush had been in the Navy but was honorably discharged in 2015, the affidavit says.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
27 May 2026
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Your mother, heroically, became a warrior and a frontierswoman, an explorer, a pioneer.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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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
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“Nobly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobly. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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