adv
Meaning 1
In an honourable manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
honourably
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: ŏnʹərəblī
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Received-Pronunciation: ŏnʹrəblī
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒnəɹəbli/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒnɹəbli/
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General-American: ŏnʹərəblī
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General-American: ŏnʹrəblī
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General-American: /ˈɑnəɹəbli/
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General-American: /ˈɑnɹəbli/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 N ER0 AH0 B L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with honor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he was honorably discharged after many years of service
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: honorably
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English honourable Middle English -ly English -ly English honourably From honourable + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: honorablement — in an honourable manner
- Esperanto: honore — in an honourable manner
- French: honorablement — in an honourable manner
- Georgian: ღირსეულად (ɣirseulad) — in an honourable manner
- Italian: onorevolmente — in an honourable manner
- Italian: onorabilmente — in an honourable manner
- Middle English: honestly — in an honourable manner
- Middle English: menskfully — in an honourable manner
- Portuguese: honoravelmente — in an honourable manner
- Spanish: honorablemente — in an honourable manner
- Swedish: hederligt — in an honourable manner