stalwartly

Definition of stalwartlynext

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Recent Examples of stalwartly Beyond the narrative, the production rests stalwartly on Chidester’s four actors. 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
  • Police say the victim courageously fought for her life and escaped to the breezeway of the apartment, screaming for help as Reyes continued to assault her.
    CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Cultivate psychological safety by courageously speaking uncomfortable truths, a quality remembered more than talent.
    Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Adverb
  • Puka’s possible suspension combined with his tender groin pushes Chase firmly ahead.
    Jess Bryant, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
  • In a onetime battleground state that has shifted firmly to the right, FloridaDemocrats took dueling approaches to win statewide for the first time since 2018.
    Teo Armus, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • What this means is open to interpretation, but it is wielded here primarily as a slogan of battlefield aggression—a rallying cry for soldiers who have been trained to abandon their fears, push bravely onward, and embrace a glorious death.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 July 2026
  • Goldberg, his fellow Canadian, co-directed with him the weirdly uneven apocalyptic comedy bravely titled This Is the End, which proved to be neither a hit nor the end.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026
Adverb
  • Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Adverb
  • Xerjoff’s distinctive flacon is bathed in three dynamic colors that boldly represent Lamborghini’s super sports cars.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Such a mind might fail an unverifiable consciousness test at the same time that its persistent interests start to boldly assert themselves.
    Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Adverb
  • Gunther was none-too-pleased with the Owens’ addition, leading to a feud with SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis, who came out of retirement last night and fought valiantly in defeat against the Ring General.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile his wife Penelope dodges suitors while his son Telemachus valiantly searches for his decades-absent dad.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

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“Stalwartly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalwartly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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