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heroically

/hɪəˈɹəʊ.ɪk.li/

heroically adverb: in a heroic manner, like a hero.

Adverb

heroically (comparative more heroically, superlative most heroically)

  1. In a heroic manner, like a hero.
    • […]the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.a. 1909, Bernard Shaw, “The Red Robe”, in James Huneker, editor, Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw, volume 2, page 73
    • They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit

Examples of heroically in a sentence

  • Heroically, the man at the stake now overcame the will of his antenna, spoke rapidly, writhingly.1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 4, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 102:
  • Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.2004 November 23, Alan Cowell, “Charles Joins Fray Over Himself”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Oct 2008:

Forms of heroically

comparativemore heroically
superlativemost heroically

Origin of heroically

From heroic + -ally.

Questions about heroically

What does heroically mean?
Heroically means in a heroic manner, like a hero.
How do you use heroically in a sentence?
Heroically, the man at the stake now overcame the will of his antenna, spoke rapidly, writhingly.
What part of speech is heroically?
Heroically is an adverb.
How do you pronounce heroically?
Heroically is pronounced /hɪəˈɹəʊ.ɪk.li/.

Words near heroically in the dictionary

  1. heroic meter
  2. heroic meters
  3. heroic verse
  4. heroic verses
  5. heroical
  6. heroically
  7. heroicalness
  8. heroicise
  9. heroicised
  10. heroicises
  11. heroicising

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