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Princeton's WordNet
noblyadverb
in a noble manner
"she has behaved nobly"
Wiktionary
noblyadverb
In a noble manner.
In the end he died nobly, trying to save the lives of others.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Noblyadverb
Etymology: from noble.
Only a second laurel did adorn
His Collegue Catulus, tho’ nobly born;
He shar’d the pride of the triumphal bay,
But Marius won the glory of the day. Dryden.Did he not straight the two delinquents tear,
That were the slaves of drink and thralls of sleep?
Was not that nobly done? William Shakespeare, Macbeth.This fate he could have ’scap’d, but would not lose
Honour for life; but rather nobly chose
Death from their fears, than safety from his own. John Denham.There could not have been a more magnificent design than that of Trajan’s pillar. Where could an emperor’s ashes have been so nobly lodged, as in the midst of his metropolis, and on the top of so exalted a monument. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
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nobly
Nobly is an adverb that describes the manner of performing any action in a noble way. It refers to doing something with great courage, high moral qualities, dignity, generosity, honor, or outstanding excellence; in a way that is superior to what is common or usual.
Webster Dictionary
Noblyadverb
of noble extraction; as, nobly born or descended
Noblyadverb
in a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done
Noblyadverb
splendidly; magnificently
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Nobly in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Nobly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Nobly in a Sentence
The good to others kindness show, And from them no return exact; The best and greatest men, they know, Thus ever nobly love to act.*
The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subltly and feel nobly.
Men do not care how nobly they live, but only how long, although it is within the reach of every man to live nobly, but within no man's power to live long.
The mark of an immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
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