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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"
uprightly
dishonorably - in a dishonorable manner; "he acted dishonorably"
2.honorably - with honor; "he was honorably discharged after many years of service"
honourably
dishonorably - with dishonor; "he was dishonorably discharged"
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"Your regiment fulfilled its duty honorably," said Napoleon.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The value of Piombo's property in Corsica, if sold, would scarcely maintain him honorably in Paris.
Vendetta by de Balzac, Honore View in context
The emergency must be met; but how to meet it--at once honorably and mercifully--was more than Crayford could tell.
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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