Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Bravely; with spirit; heroically; nobly: as, to defend a place gallantly.
- (Also ga-lant′ li.) In the manner of a gallant or wooer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a gallant manner.
- adverb In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
gallant manner,gentlemanly , with social graces.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a gallant manner
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Examples
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Nadi defended the provincial title gallantly despite the odds stacked them silencing the rugby pundits who had predicted a Nadroga victory.
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"How is that?" he asked, "_I_ knew _you_ from your photograph -- once seen not to be forgotten again," gallantly -- "but how should you know me?"
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various
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"gallantly," as was indeed to be expected in a country whose chief industry was fishing and which was so admirably surrounded by natural bays and harbors.
The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth Agnes Rothery
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He took my elbow and assisted me a bit more gallantly during the last mile.
How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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We were called to dinner and Nelson gallantly stepped up between us and took both our arms to escort us into the dining room.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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The Grammy winner, 30, botched the lyrics, mistakenly singing "what so proudly we watched, at the twilight's last reaming" instead of "o'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming."
Christina Aguilera Fumbles the Lyrics, Black Eyed Peas Light Up Super Bowl XLV 2011
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The captain led gallantly to the attack, but was bowled over by a chunk of coal that burst on his head in black baptism.
SOUTH OF THE SLOT 2010
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We were called to dinner and Nelson gallantly stepped up between us and took both our arms to escort us into the dining room.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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They suffer nosebleeds when taken down and, though gallantly fighting off the inevitable, meet their doom with a triple tap.
Elliot Worsell: Britain's Third Wave of Mixed Martial Artists Elliot Worsell 2010
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When she stepped out the exit where Juan was gallantly manning the door, she pecked him on the cheek.
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