magnanimously

adverb

as in honorably
in a manner befitting a person of the highest character and ideals magnanimously decided to forgive her former classmates, who had treated her so badly

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Recent Examples of magnanimously My For You page is a shrine to snatched young women magnanimously sharing their tips for taut faces. — Georgia Casey, Allure, 6 Feb. 2026 Coaches who, in the best cases (and there have been so many best cases) taught your kid to win magnanimously and lose graciously and compete whole-heartedly. — Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 Mamdani magnanimously noted the president’s high support in 2024 for a Republican in New York. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 22 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magnanimously
  1. honorably
  2. heroically
Adverb
  • However, it was reduced to disorderly conduct and he was discharged honorably.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026
  • To be absolutely clear, nobody, except maybe Melanie, is behaving honorably here, but a good Love Island story line isn’t measured in admirable behavior; it is measured in juice — and Melanie, Corbin, Kenzie, and Caleb have it.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 16 June 2026
Definition of honorably
Adverb
  • Vermax was in dire trouble until Baela Targaryen (Bethany Antonia) heroically steered her Moondancer and broke the rope attached to the anchor.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 22 June 2026
  • But Cape Verde simply did not wilt in a solid, switched-on 4-5-1 defensive shape, compressing space between the lines and defending heroically in their own penalty area to keep the European Champions at bay, and committing only one foul in the process — the fewest ever recorded in a World Cup game.
    — Thom Harris, New York Times, 16 June 2026
Definition of heroically

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