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
  • Cultivate psychological safety by courageously speaking uncomfortable truths, a quality remembered more than talent.
    Jason Walker PsyD, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • And there is no more important group of people than these young women who courageously stood up.
    Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
Adverb
  • Another season-ticket holder from that first year remembered crowds being firmly in the 5,500 range.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • The decision to leave an underperforming third-party logistics provider (3PL) is usually simple enough, but contract termination fees, system integrations and inventory transfer expenses stand firmly in the way.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 23 July 2026
Adverb
  • Mario Zagallo, Brazil vs Sweden, 1958 Zagallo adds gloss to the scoreline by bravely sliding in to beat goalkeeper Svensson to the ball and poke it home.
    Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026
  • His aggression seems to have left Jacqueline unfazed (whether bravely, proudly, self-defensively, or resignedly) but leaves Michel devastated.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 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
  • But while Ridley Scott's original film was already the definitive outer-space horror, Cameron boldly shifted genres to make the definitive outer-space action movie.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • But a brand that states its conclusion boldly without backing it up may find that the same trick backfires.
    Matthew Pittman, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Adverb
  • Meanwhile his wife Penelope dodges suitors while his son Telemachus valiantly searches for his decades-absent dad.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 July 2026
  • The man who valiantly shuttles Beirutis across the city’s no-man’s-land.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

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“Stalwartly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stalwartly. Accessed 24 Jul. 2026.

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