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loyally

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loy·al  (loil)
adj.
1. Steadfast in allegiance to one's homeland, government, or sovereign.
2. Faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty.
3. Of, relating to, or marked by loyalty. See Synonyms at faithful.

[French, from Old French leial, loial, from Latin lglis, legal, from lx, lg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

loyal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.loyally - with loyalty; in a loyal manner; "government will not be efficient unless the people as a whole accept leadership loyally and enthusiastically"
disloyally - without loyalty; in a disloyal manner; "his men acted disloyally and betrayed him in the end"
Translations
loyally [ˈlɔɪəlɪ] ADVlealmente, fielmente
she loyally continued to support her husbandcontinuó apoyando lealmente or fielmente a su marido
loyally [ˈlɔɪəli] adv [support] → loyalement, fidèlement
loyally
adv
(= faithfully) servetreu
(= without emotional involvement)loyal; he loyally refused to give the nameser war zu loyal, um die Namen zu verraten
loyally [ˈlɔɪəlɪ] advcon lealtà, lealmente
loyally [ˈlɔɪəlɪ] advcon lealtà, lealmente


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As for the rest of us -- well, it is agreed that if any one of us ever escapes alive from this place, he will write the fact here, and loyally hide this Manuscript with The Boss, our dear good chief, whose property it is, be he alive or dead.
And we--we bear loyally what is apportioned unto us, on hard shoulders, over rugged mountains
And yet with all this rugged pride of manhood and self-help, was there ever soul more tenderly affectionate, loyally submissive to what was really higher than he?
 
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