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stoutheartedly

stoutheartedly adverb: bravely, courageously.

Adverb

stoutheartedly (comparative more stoutheartedly, superlative most stoutheartedly)

  1. Bravely, courageously.
    • Led by one of the war's greatest leaders, Winston Churchill, and buoyed by the hope for American aid, the British stoutheartedly lived through their "finest hour".1980, Hans Wilhelm Gatzke, Germany and the United States, a "special Relationship?", →ISBN, page 127
  2. Resolutely.
    • Although acutely conscious of living in a 'wilderness,' they stoutheartedly refused to yield an inch to pioneer prejudices or frontier values.1935, Samuel Eliot Morison, The Founding of Harvard College, →ISBN, pages 4–5

Forms of stoutheartedly

comparativemore stoutheartedly
superlativemost stoutheartedly
alternative formstout-heartedly

Origin of stoutheartedly

From stouthearted + -ly.

Questions about stoutheartedly

What does stoutheartedly mean?
Stoutheartedly means bravely, courageously.
What part of speech is stoutheartedly?
Stoutheartedly is an adverb.

Words near stoutheartedly in the dictionary

  1. stoutens
  2. stouter
  3. Stoutes
  4. stoutest
  5. stouthearted
  6. stoutheartedly
  7. stoutheartedness
  8. stouthrie
  9. stouthrief
  10. stouthriefs
  11. stouthries

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