Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an honorable manner; in a manner conferring or consistent with honor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.
- adverb obsolete Decently; becomingly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Alternative spelling of
honourably .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in an honorable manner
- adverb with honor
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Examples
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Finally, for someone who claims to have been discharged honorably from the military and now working on an advanced degree, why is it that you consistently misspell the word as “honerable” – not to mention, several other spelling errors?
Think Progress » Snow: There Is Too Much Focus on Kidnapped U.S. Soldiers 2006
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Jill learned that living honorably is as good as dieing honorably.
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I remember my excitement at seeing our name honorably mentioned at the end of his article, and thinking, "There we are at last, a tiny microcosm in the body of the music business."
Broken Music, A Memoir Sting 2003
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He accepted the christening and bore the name honorably, as his sons and grandsons have since done.
Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880
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If I made thousands, and tens of thousands, by this ignoble calling, would they give my father half the pleasure that he would feel at seeing my name honorably mentioned in a despatch?
The Caxtons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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If I made thousands, and tens of thousands, by this ignoble calling, would they give my father half the pleasure that he would feel at seeing my name honorably mentioned in a despatch?
The Caxtons — Volume 17 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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I truly believe that Obama can wax McCain honorably.
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I do my job honorably, which is to say, I tell the truth and my word is my bond.
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The Department has entrusted to you a duty connected with the greatest enterprise of the present age; and upon your enterprise and your zeal will depend whether your name is honorably identified with one of the facts of the future. . ..
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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The Department has entrusted to you a duty connected with the greatest enterprise of the present age; and upon your enterprise and your zeal will depend whether your name is honorably identified with one of the facts of the future. . ..
The Path Between the Seas DAVID McCULLOUGH. 2005
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