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Honorably

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hon·or·a·ble  (nr--bl)
adj.
1. Deserving or winning honor and respect: led an honorable life.
2. Bringing distinction or recognition: honorable service to one's nation.
3. Possessing and characterized by honor: an honorable person.
4. Consistent with honor or good name: followed the only honorable course of action.
5. Distinguished; illustrious: this honorable gathering of scholars.
6. Attended by marks of recognition and honor: received an honorable burial.
7. Honorable Abbr. Hon.
a. Used as a title of respect for certain high government officials: The Honorable Jane Doe, Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
b. Used as a courtesy title for the children of barons and viscounts and the younger sons of earls.
c. Used in the House of Commons as a title of respect when speaking of another member.

honor·a·ble·ness n.
honor·a·bly adv.
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Adv.1.Honorablyhonorably - in an honorable manner; "he acted honorably"
dishonorably - in a dishonorable manner; "he acted dishonorably"
2.honorably - with honor; "he was honorably discharged after many years of service"
dishonorably - with dishonor; "he was dishonorably discharged"


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"Your regiment fulfilled its duty honorably," said Napoleon.
The value of Piombo's property in Corsica, if sold, would scarcely maintain him honorably in Paris.
The emergency must be met; but how to meet it--at once honorably and mercifully--was more than Crayford could tell.
 
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