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lion-heartedly

lion-heartedly is the alternative form of lionheartedly.

Meaning of lionheartedly

Adverb

lionheartedly (comparative more lionheartedly, superlative most lionheartedly)

  1. In a lionhearted manner; courageously; bravely.
    • When, on a special occasion, they dined together at the Ritterhalle, she did not even look at the menu but lionheartedly ordered a single dropped egg and a cup of tea and resolutely kept her eyes away from Sue's boiled beef and fritters.1992, Jean Stafford, The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford, →ISBN, page 46

Forms of lion-heartedly

comparativemore lion-heartedly
superlativemost lion-heartedly

Origin of lion-heartedly

From lion-hearted + -ly.

Questions about lion-heartedly

What is lion-heartedly the alternative form of?
Lion-heartedly is the alternative form of lionheartedly.

Words near lion-heartedly in the dictionary

  1. lion's shares
  2. lion's tail
  3. lion's-den
  4. lion's-dens
  5. lion-hearted
  6. lion-heartedly
  7. lion-heartedness
  8. lion-tailed macaque
  9. lion-tailed macaques
  10. lionback
  11. lionburger

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