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heroinely

adj

Etymology

From heroine + -ly.

  1. derived from ἡρωΐνη
  2. borrowed from hērōīna
  3. suffixed as heroinely — “heroine + ly”

Definitions

  1. Of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero.

    • Between 1818, when The Heart of Mid-Lothian reinvented the heroinely heart, and 1824, when Redgauntlet signalled Scott's joint reclamation of his complex literary heritage and of his simplest personal fantasy, the literary world changed.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA