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Definition: Heroically |
HeroicallyAdverb1. In a heroic manner; "he become reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "heroically" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references) |
Synonym: HeroicallySynonym: Nobly. (additional references) |
Crosswords: Heroically |
| Specialty definitions using "heroically": Corporal ♦ Nepomuk. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No. He is heroically transformed. (The 10th Kingdom; writing credit: Simon Moore) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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 | Portrait photograph, dated 3 April 1950. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroically attempting to rescue Ensign Jesse L. Brown, who had been shot down by enemy fire near the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea, on 4 December 1950.Credit: NAVY. |  | Principal speaker at the launching of USS Jesse L. Brown (DE-1089), at Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiania, 18 March 1972. During the Korean War, then Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Hudner received the Medal of Honor (worn in this photograph) for heroically attempting to rescue Ensign Jesse L. Brown, the ship's namesake.Credit: NAVY. |
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Economic History | Latvia | The onset of WWI brought German occupation of the western coastal province of Kurzeme, and Latvians heroically countered the invasion with the establishment of several regiments of riflemen commanded by Czarist generals. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CORPORAL, n. A man who occupies the lowest rung of the military ladder. Fiercely the battle raged and, sad to tell, Our corporal heroically fell! Fame from her height looked down upon the brawl And said: "He hadn't very far to fall." Giacomo Smith |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Heroically" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Heroically" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 41 | 53,521 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "heroically"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hrdinsky, hrdinnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sankarillisesti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | heroisch (heroic, heroical), heldenmütig (heroic, valorous), heldenhaft (heroic, noble, nobly, valiant), mutig (audacious, bold, brave, bravely, clenched, clenching, courageous, courageously, gallant, gallantly, game, gamely, gamily, gamy, gritty, heroic, manful, manfully, pluckily, plucky, spirited, valiant, valiantly), mächtig (heavy, heroic, jolly, massive, mightily, mighty, potent, powerful, puissant, puissantly, spanking, strong, terrific, terrifically, thick, tremendous, tremendously). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hősiesen (gallantly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eroicallyhay voiniceşte (doughtly), vitejeşte (doughtly). (various references) геройски. (various references) heroicamente. (various references) hjältemodigt (heroical). (various references) anh hùng (monument). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "heroically" (pronounced hi'rō"iklē) |
| 5 | -ō" i k l ē | stoically. |
| 4 | -i k l ē | academically, acoustically, aerobically, aerodynamically, aesthetically, algebraically, alphabetically, analytically, angelically, apologetically, artistically, astronomically, authentically, automatically, basically, biologically, categorically, characteristically, chronologically, classically, cosmetically, democratically, demographically, diplomatically, dogmatically, domestically, dramatically, drastically, ecologically, economically, ecstatically, emphatically, energetically, enthusiastically, erratically, ethnically, euphemistically, fantastically, forensically, generically, genetically, geometrically, geopolitically, graphically, hypothetically, hysterically, ideologically, idiotically, ironically, linguistically, logically, logistically, lyrically, mechanically, metaphorically, microscopically, musically, numerically, optically, organically, pathologically, phonetically, physiologically, poetically, prolifically, psychologically, publically, publicly, radically, realistically, rhetorically, rhythmically, sarcastically, specifically, sporadically, strategically, stylistically, symmetrically, synthetically, systematically, systemically, terrifically, thematically, theologically, tragically, uncharacteristically, undiplomatically, unrealistically, vertically, volcanically. |
| 3 | -k l ē | alchemically, anatomically, athletically, biweekly, blankly, briskly, brusquely, chemically, darkly, frankly, grotesquely, likely, medically, meekly, newsweekly, obliquely, paradoxically, practically, prickly, quickly, sickly, sleekly, slickly, sparkly, starkly, thickly, typically, uniquely, unlikely, weakly, weekly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-l-o-r-y" | |
-2 letters: chorally, colliery, collyria, heroical, rocaille. | |
-3 letters: airhole, calorie, caloyer, cariole, challie, charily, charley, charlie, chiller, chloral, cholera, chorale, choreal, chorial, clayier, clearly, coalier, collier, helical, hoarily, lochial, loricae, loyaler, lyrical, ocellar. | |
-4 letters: achier, aerily, archil, archly, cahier, caller, calory, caroli, cellar, chally, chilly, chiral, choler, cholla, choral, chorea, coaler, coheir, coiler, collar, collie, eclair, hailer, heliac, heroic, hiller, hilloa, holier, holily, holler, lacier, lacily, leachy, locale, lochia, loreal, lorica, ocelli, ochery, ochrea, orache, oracle, orally, orchil, racily, rallye, really, recall, recoal, recoil, richly. | |
-5 letters: alley, alloy, areic, ariel, carle, carol, cella, celli, cello, ceorl, ceria, chair, chare, chary, chela, chiao, chiel, chile, chill, chiro, choir, chore, chyle, claro, clary, clear, coaly, colly, coral, coria, coyer, early, erica, hairy, haler, hallo, haole, hayer, helio, hello, hilar, hillo, hilly, hoary, holey, holla, holly, horal, hoyle, ichor, ileac, ileal, iller, lacer, lacey, laich, larch, layer, leach, leary, lilac, loach, local, loral, loyal, lycea, lyric, ocher, ochre, ochry, ocrea, oiler, oleic, orach, oriel, rally, reach, relay, relic, reoil, riley, rille, riyal, roach, roily, royal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-h-i-l-l-o-r-y" | |
+2 letters: cholerically, euphorically, hyperbolical, rhetorically. | |
+3 letters: morphemically, orthoepically, prophetically, rheologically, theoretically. | |
+4 letters: enharmonically, exothermically, geographically, hieroglyphical, hyperbolically, hypergolically, hypersonically, hypoallergenic, hypodermically, metaphorically, orthopedically, prosthetically, theocratically. | |
+5 letters: archeologically, atmospherically, cholinergically, demographically, geostrophically, heliometrically, ideographically, ionospherically, metamorphically, neuropathically, photometrically, prehistorically, pyrotechnically, radiochemically, xerographically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 65 72 6F 69 63 61 6C 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... . .-. --- .. -.-. .- .-.. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01100101 01110010 01101111 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H e r o i c a l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 0065 0072 006F 0069 0063 0061 006C 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42718481756967787891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Images: Photo Album 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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