as in courageously
in a fearless manner
Rachel Carson stalwartly championed the cause of environmentalism long before it was popular
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Recent Examples of stalwartly
Beyond the narrative, the production rests stalwartly on Chidester’s four actors.
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Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
He was brutally tortured during his captivity and held in solitary confinement for four of the years he was detained but stalwartly refused to provide the North Vietnamese with information.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Year by year, under the influence of a movement sometimes known as Free Vermont, the stalwartly Republican state, which had voted for Richard Nixon by a wide margin in 1960, tilted further to the left.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
For example, the Tunisian Islamist group Ennahda stalwartly defended democracy and helped write a liberal constitution after the country ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
—Robert Kubinec, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
He was brutally tortured during his captivity and held in solitary confinement for four of the years he was detained but stalwartly refused to provide the North Vietnamese with information.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Year by year, under the influence of a movement sometimes known as Free Vermont, the stalwartly Republican state, which had voted for Richard Nixon by a wide margin in 1960, tilted further to the left.
—Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
For example, the Tunisian Islamist group Ennahda stalwartly defended democracy and helped write a liberal constitution after the country ousted Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.
—Robert Kubinec, The Conversation, 24 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stalwartly
Adverb
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Meanwhile, all California voters should be grateful that Swalwell’s accusers courageously went public in April, not August.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Very few have so courageously, on a daily basis, year after year, walked the walk of a true artist.—
Laura Linney,
Time,
15 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Nearly a decade later, both actors are firmly in A-list territory, balancing blockbuster franchises, fashion partnerships, and increasingly global careers.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
8 May 2026
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Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te thanked his counterpart and Paraguay's government for speaking out for Taiwan and firmly supporting Taiwan's international participation.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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Mercifully, Aviv has bravely attempted to untangle the mother-daughter dynamic and bring it into the light.—
Michael Schaub,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2026
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Millions of Americans were dying, including two of my best friends and many of the elders who had bravely entrusted their stories to me.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
Adverb
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While many television and podcast analysts have been extremely careful to only note possible theories of what happened to Guthrie based on their past investigative expertise, others have gone full bore in boldly declaring their view of what occurred.—
Josh Campbell,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
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Her success brought both raves and snark, but a thing that could boldly be said of her whole deal was that it was aligned with counterculture even as it was subsumed by the mainstream.—
Sheldon Pearce,
NPR,
9 May 2026
Adverb
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After fighting valiantly to ward off injury, the horse was euthanized in 2007, his courageous battle forever remembered at Churchill Downs, where his statue stands outside of Gate 1.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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After so many seasons in which James valiantly carried otherwise ordinary teams to extraordinary achievements, the greatest scorer in NBA history was not even the Los Angeles Lakers' focal point this year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Stalwartly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalwartly. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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