NOBLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nobly mean? 

• NOBLY (adverb)
  The adverb NOBLY has 1 sense:

1. in a noble manner

  Familiarity information: NOBLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOBLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a noble manner

Context example:

she has behaved nobly

Pertainym:

noble (having or showing or indicative of high or elevated character)

 Context examples 

Next day you had my secret at your mercy, but you nobly refrained from pursuing your advantage.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“And you?” I said, with sudden solicitude. “You must be very tired. You have worked hard and nobly. I am proud of you, Maud.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

"Little Jane's love would have been my best reward," he answered; "without it, my heart is broken. But Jane will give me her love: yes—nobly, generously."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Maria is nobly married; but had Mr. Crawford sought Julia's hand, I should have given it to him with superior and more heartfelt satisfaction than I gave Maria's to Mr. Rushworth.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I wanted to see how you would come out of the trial, Trot; and you came out nobly—persevering, self-reliant, self-denying!

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“You have done nobly,” cried the old free companion, gazing with a soldier's admiration at the huge frame and bold face of the archer.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was one great tomb more lordly than all the rest; huge it was, and nobly proportioned.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Elinor honoured her for a plan which originated so nobly as this; though smiling to see the same eager fancy which had been leading her to the extreme of languid indolence and selfish repining, now at work in introducing excess into a scheme of such rational employment and virtuous self-control.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

It was a large, stately apartment, with purple chairs and curtains, a Turkey carpet, walnut-panelled walls, one vast window rich in slanted glass, and a lofty ceiling, nobly moulded.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

And Traddles, firing up as if he were plunging into a Parliamentary Debate, really did come out nobly: confirming me in good round terms, and in a plain sensible practical manner, that evidently made a favourable impression.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)