valiantly

adverb

Definition of valiantlynext
as in courageously
in a fearless manner valiantly they plowed forward through the dense jungle

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Recent Examples of valiantly 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, 14 July 2026 From the get-go, Les Bleus – including, at one point, the entire squad except for goalkeeper Mike Maignan – were in the Paraguay half, searching for an opener as La Albirroja defended valiantly. — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 4 July 2026 Japan battled valiantly but ultimately couldn’t spend enough time on the ball to threaten Brazil. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 30 June 2026 And while the Americans continued to fight valiantly, Germany ultimately hung on for a 1-0 win. — Terry Baddoo, USA Today, 14 June 2026 The sardonic clip sees Ford reluctantly trade in his signature leather jacket for a kilt and valiantly plug Glenmorangie while standing atop a hill. — Marissa G. Muller, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026 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, 13 Apr. 2026 Since ’18-19, the winger has served valiantly as a bottom-6 high motor, a plugger who refuses to downshift during big moments. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for valiantly
  1. courageously
  2. manfully
  3. bravely
  4. firmly
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
Definition of courageously
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
Definition of manfully
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
Definition of bravely
Adverb
  • That puts Alaska, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and parts of New York firmly in play, with the deepest views in Fairbanks, Alaska, and northern Maine.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The company hopes that this will help move the longtime model firmly into even more luxurious territory.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of firmly

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