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unheroically

unheroically adverb: in an unheroic way.

Adverb

unheroically (comparative more unheroically, superlative most unheroically)

  1. In an unheroic way.
    • Her memoir describes what it’s like to hate the Nazis — as she and her husband did — but to protest unheroically: making a snide comment when a building super rants against “unpatriotic people”; not finding humor in a party member’s joke; walking out of a movie in which a Jewish prime minister is...2007 February 4, “Nonfiction Chronicle”, in New York Times

Forms of unheroically

comparativemore unheroically
superlativemost unheroically

Origin of unheroically

From unheroic + -ally.

Questions about unheroically

What does unheroically mean?
Unheroically means in an unheroic way.
What part of speech is unheroically?
Unheroically is an adverb.

Words near unheroically in the dictionary

  1. unhermetic
  2. unhero
  3. unheroes
  4. unheroic
  5. unheroical
  6. unheroically
  7. unheroism
  8. unheroized
  9. unherolike
  10. unhesitant
  11. unhesitantly

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