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  • adverb In an unheroic way.

Etymologies

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unheroic +‎ -ally

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Examples

  • The other two men ditch him as a liability, and he dies of gangrene caused unheroically by ill-fitting clogs.

    And So It Went Tom Shippey 2011

  • It is especially noteworthy that The New York Times, itself culpable of, or accessory to whatever alleged crimes Mr. Assange may be accused of, has kept its lips discretely, if unheroically sealed.

    Michael Brenner: Obama's War on WikiLeaks -- and Us Michael Brenner 2010

  • Eventually the fire fighters exit the building unheroically, no women strewn over any shoulders, not even a scared kitty reunited with joyful owners, and even more disappointingly, none drop trou or so much as remove a shirt to reveal achingly chiselled pecs and a waxed-smooth toned torso as those calendars would have you believe.

    Archive 2008-10-01 Jay 2008

  • Frank Bascombe struggles conscientiously, if unheroically, with the familiar problems of marriage, job, child-rearing, service to community.

    Richard Ford 2008

  • Frank Bascombe struggles conscientiously, if unheroically, with the familiar problems of marriage, job, child-rearing, service to community.

    Archive 2008-10-01 2008

  • Eventually the fire fighters exit the building unheroically, no women strewn over any shoulders, not even a scared kitty reunited with joyful owners, and even more disappointingly, none drop trou or so much as remove a shirt to reveal achingly chiselled pecs and a waxed-smooth toned torso as those calendars would have you believe.

    I kicked a girl, and I liked it. Jay 2008

  • Senate unheroically, blindly and repugnantly voted yes for the Detainee Bill.

    MY COUNTRY RIGHT OR WRONG? News from Mad Plato 2006

  • Senate unheroically, blindly and repugnantly voted yes for the Detainee Bill.

    Archive 2006-09-01 News from Mad Plato 2006

  • He was several centimeters taller than Clan, but his gut bulged unheroically.

    Empire Builders Bova, Ben 1993

  • Slowly, reluctantly and most unheroically, he commenced to strip off his clothes.

    The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967

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