heroically

From heroic + -ally.

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heroically (comparative more heroically, superlative most heroically)

1. In a heroic manner, like a hero.
   • a. 1909, Bernard Shaw, “The Red Robe”, in James Huneker, editor, Dramatic Opinions and Essays by G. Bernard Shaw, volume 2, page 73:

     […] the prescriptive right of the leading actor to fight popularly and heroically against heavy odds.

   • 1919, Hildegard G. Frey, The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit‎^[1]:

     They heroically struggled through the remainder of the figure, but Oh-Pshaw, completely demoralized, made one misturn after the other.

   • 1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 4, in The Sirens of Titan‎^[2], New York: Dial, published 2006, page 102:

     Heroically, the man at the stake now overcame the will of his antenna, spoke rapidly, writhingly.

   • 2004 November 23, Alan Cowell, “Charles Joins Fray Over Himself”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Oct. 2008:

     Charles has failed to follow the example of his mother, the queen, who has heroically kept her mouth shut for more than 50 years.

   • 2011, Anne Marsella, The Baby Of Belleville, →ISBN:

     I was sure to find Honoré at some new trick, standing say, heroically holding onto the back of a chair (oh to think that soon he will walk!) and Charles perhaps playing a pastoral suite on the alpenhorn.