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heroinely

heroinely adjective: of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero.

Adjective

heroinely (comparative more heroinely, superlative most heroinely)

  1. (rare) Of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero.
    • Between 1818, when The Heart of Mid-Lothian reinvented the heroinely heart, and 1824, when Redgauntlet signalled Scott's joint reclamation of his complex literary heritage and of his simplest personal fantasy, the literary world changed.2012, Fiona Robertson, The Edinburgh Companion to Sir Walter Scott
    Synonyms:
    heroine, heroinic

Synonyms of heroinely

Forms of heroinely

comparativemore heroinely
superlativemost heroinely

Origin of heroinely

From heroine + -ly.

Questions about heroinely

What does heroinely mean?
Heroinely means of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero.
What part of speech is heroinely?
Heroinely is an adjective.

Words near heroinely in the dictionary

  1. heroify
  2. heroin
  3. heroin chic
  4. heroine
  5. heroinedom
  6. heroinely
  7. heroines
  8. heroineship
  9. heroing
  10. heroinic
  11. heroinism

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