Definition of Heroically

1. Adverb. In a heroic manner. "He become reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms"

Partainyms: Heroic

Definition of Heroically

1. Adverb. In a heroic manner, like a hero. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Heroically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heroically

herodiones
heroe
heroes
heroess
heroesses
heroic
heroic couplet
heroic meter
heroic meters
heroic poem
heroic poetry
heroic stanza
heroic tale
heroic verse
heroical
heroically (current term)
heroicize
heroicized
heroicizes
heroicizing
heroick
heroickly
heroicly
heroicness
heroicomic
heroicomical
heroics
heroin
heroin addict
heroin addiction

Literary usage of Heroically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"... and extract its entrails, and broil its carcass on the coals ; but we heroically persevered, nevertheless, waiting for further information. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Bishop Ulrich heroically defended the threatened city. In the great battle on the ... heroically ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... during the advance by the fall of his horse, continued to press forward on foot, heroically encouraging the brigade, until he fell mortally wounded. ..."

4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... during the advance by the fall of his horse, continued to press forward on foot, heroically encouraging the brigade, until he fell mortally wounded. ..."

5. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"It is bat to submit heroically to a little As the scrutiny becomes deeper, the improvement will become greater, till they will grow not so much to endure ..."

6. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"George Sykes in the army of the Potomac, and was taken prisoner after the first battle of Bull Run, while heroically ministering to the wounded on the field ..."

7. William Winston Seaton of the "National Intelligencer".: A Biographical Sketch by Josephine Seaton (1871)
"... and'passed heroically through many dangers in the wilderness for the purpose of nursing her husband, whom she long survived. ..."

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