Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a noble manner.
  • With magnanimity, bravery, generosity, etc.; heroically.
  • Splendidly; magnificently: as, he was nobly entertained.
  • Synonyms Illustriously, honorably, magnanimously, grandly, superbly, sublimely.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb Of noble extraction.
  • adverb In a noble manner; with greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity.
  • adverb Splendidly; magnificently.

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  • adverb In a noble manner.

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  • adverb in a noble manner

Etymologies

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noble +‎ -ly

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