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strongheartedly

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Etymology

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From stronghearted +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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strongheartedly (comparative more strongheartedly, superlative most strongheartedly)

  1. Bravely, courageously.
    • 1985, Simon Wiesenthal Center Annual - Volume 2, page 123:
      They listened as Walter Frank urged the audience "strongheartedly to proclaim great deeds and thus to help develop a people that not only understands great deeds but is also able to perform them."
  2. Resiliently.
    • 1916, Boot and Shoe Recorder - Volume 69, page 32:
      For a year past, he knew the inevitable, yet by his indomitable will kept strongheartedly to his' work, sustained by a rugged vitality.
    • 1975, Frank Samuel Caprio, Add Life to Your Years, page 26:
      You may, if you will, journey through life as many a valiant traveler before you has done, jousting strongheartedly with the years, marked but not marred by age.