She has behaved nobly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adverb : nobly born. From Dictionary.com.
Rittichier lost his life in nobly trying to save that of another. From Wordnik.com. [Rittichier, Jack C.] Reference
Ruth kept her word nobly, and she and Flurry came perpetually to the cottage. From Wordnik.com. [Esther : a book for girls] Reference
The king is called upon to maintain the word nobly given to avenge Novara, and with it the new. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
“I do not intend for this apology to help me evade criticism for my failure,” the noble McCain nobly added. From Wordnik.com. [Balloon Juice » 2008 » July] Reference
The king is called upon to maintain the word nobly given to avenge Novara, and with it the new Austrian insulting proposal. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Short Works of George Meredith] Reference
2. Virtually any of the titles nobly rescued from oblivion by the NYRB Classics series. From Wordnik.com. [Obscure Books, Part II - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Then they will quit the race, "nobly" facing the outcome. From Wordnik.com. [The Edwards announcement.] Reference
And thus they did sacrifice 'nobly' perhaps but no more so than any of Hitler's soldiers in the Wehrmacht. From Wordnik.com. [Healthy Skepticism Toward Memorial Day] Reference
The men capable of bearing arms have responded nobly. From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899] Reference
Whose deathless name with pen and sword was nobly won!. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
The committee have nobly presented you with fifty pounds. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet"] Reference
They acquitted themselves nobly, and had three conversions. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
He submitted to it, and nobly kissed the noble hand which smote him. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
And surely it may be said of them that they nobly fulfilled this duty. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
Like Confederate veterans, we fought bravely and nobly in a Lost Cause. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghosts Of Vietnam] Reference
Lisbon is nobly situated for commerce, and has the finest harbor in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
As to your name, it is just because it has been nobly borne that it is valuable. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"No," the other said, spiritedly, nobly proof against the magnitude of the bribe. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
The frightened Chinese soldiers draw their swords and prepare to die, nobly if possible. From Wordnik.com. [Woman Warrior] Reference
I return to Bloomberg, who in contrast to Gingrich has spoken so eloquently, and so nobly. From Wordnik.com. [Michael J.W. Stickings: Letting the Terrorists Win: Newt Gingrich and the 'Ground Zero Mosque'] Reference
"How generous and good you are!" said the young girl, "how nobly you have sacrificed yourself!". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Even the most nobly driven professions, such as teaching, will do what they have to do to survive. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jim Taylor: Seven Reasons I Really Dislike Race to the Top] Reference
Spielberg will be hailed for nobly resurrecting this important piece of history, and he deserves to be. From Wordnik.com. [Amistad's Struggle] Reference
They justly appreciated the situation and nobly encountered the difficulties which could not be avoided. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Brussels and national leaders are nobly pursuing fiscal rehab, but their electorates aren't going down without a fight. From Wordnik.com. [For Austerity Action, a Reaction] Reference
For I think, members of the Boule, that necessarily misfortunes of the body are nobly remedied by pursuits of the mind. From Wordnik.com. [The Orations of Lysias] Reference
Whatever the attitude of Balzac's wife towards him during his life, she acted most nobly indeed in the matter of his debts. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
Still, without either comparing or contrasting her with others, we may attest our admiration of this one as a "woman nobly planned.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
But when war actually broke out, he hastened to stand by the President, and right nobly did he redeem his promise which he had given. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
I have heard that she did much good, and acted very nobly in being silent and making no complaint of the ungrateful beings she has met. From Wordnik.com. [Women in the Life of Balzac] Reference
It is for us, the living, rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
I supplicate and implore you to act as a gentleman, and nobly to release the Duchesse de Mantua from the promises she may have made you. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The people I speak of are not those who have so nobly devoted themselves to the removal of the wrongs of women, though they work together. From Wordnik.com. [Ideala] Reference
The gentle manners and the indomitable courage and energy of Mr. Kirkland, were nobly supplemented by the admirable qualities of his wife. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
In his new book, he rejects modernist virtuosity in favor of a nobly old-fashioned realism, studded with inversions ( "a frenetic he was"). From Wordnik.com. [A Long Literary Sleep] Reference
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