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heroically

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a heroic manner, like a hero.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a heroic manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he become reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English heroic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English heroically From heroic + -ally.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հերոսաբար (herosabar) — in a heroic manner
  • Catalan: heroicament — in a heroic manner
  • Esperanto: heroe — in a heroic manner
  • Finnish: sankarillisesti — in a heroic manner
  • Finnish: herooisesti — in a heroic manner
  • Galician: heroicamente — in a heroic manner
  • Greek: ηρωικά (iroïká) — in a heroic manner
  • Italian: eroicamente — in a heroic manner
  • Polish: bohatersko — in a heroic manner
  • Portuguese: heroicamente — in a heroic manner
  • Russian: герои́чески (geroíčeski) — in a heroic manner
  • Spanish: heroicamente — in a heroic manner
  • Swedish: heroiskt — in a heroic manner