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Definition of Staunchly
1. Adverb. In a staunch manner. "He staunchly defended his principles"
Definition of Staunchly
1. Adverb. In a staunch manner. ¹
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Definition of Staunchly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staunchly
Literary usage of Staunchly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Culture & Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism : And by Matthew Arnold (1910)
"And while the Nonconformists, the successors and representatives of the Puritans,
and like them staunchly walking by the best light they have, ..."
2. Culture & Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism by Matthew Arnold (1911)
"And while the Nonconformists, the successors and representatives of the Puritans,
and like them staunchly walking by the best light they have, ..."
3. Culture and Anarchy: An Essay in Political and Social Criticism by Matthew Arnold (1869)
"... as a kind of one thing needful, or end in itself, and then we pursue it
staunchly and mechanically, ..."
4. Matthew Arnold and His Relation to the Thought of Our Time: An Appreciation by William Harbutt Dawson (1904)
"... and through this knowledge turning a stream of fresh and free thought upon
our stock notions and habits, which we now follow staunchly but mechanically, ..."
5. Matthew Arnold and His Relation to the Thought of Our Time: An Appreciation by William Harbutt Dawson (1904)
"... which we now follow staunchly but mechanically, vainly imagining that there
is a virtue in following them staunchly which makes up for the mischief of ..."
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