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
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.
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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
Where else must a soprano nobly compete with police sirens zooming down Lake Shore Drive?
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
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
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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Used to be, when something went bad wrong in the military, folks up and down the chain-of-command would honorably resign, sometimes even to the uppermost of the civilian ranks.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Mar. 2026
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Jalloh was honorably discharged from the Virginia Army National Guard in 2015.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
13 Mar. 2026
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Four Michigan police officers were injured Wednesday while heroically saving five people trapped inside a car that crashed into a tractor-trailer and burst into flames in Michigan.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
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Delta Slim heroically sacrifices himself so the rest of the survivors can get away.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Nobly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobly. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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