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
Adverb
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Several Kennedys have served honorably and without scandal.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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Buzzell served eight months in Iraq and Kuwait before being honorably discharged from the Marine Corps in 2009.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
20 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Just weeks after heroically saving a neighbor’s choking 1-year-old girl, an NYPD officer was at it again, saving the life of a 2-year-old boy who had stopped breathing in his Bronx home.—
Barry Williams,
New York Daily News,
29 Jan. 2026
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First into his life comes Jessie involved in a shipwreck with her uncle, a past colleague of Mason’s, who drowns in a vicious storm and almost takes Jessie down with him before she is heroically rescued from near death by Mason, who brings her out of the drink and then back to life.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Nobly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobly. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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