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Example sentences for "honourably"

Lexicographically close words:
honors; honos; honour; honourable; honourablie; honourary; honourd; honoure; honoured; honoureth
  1. Tempests of Rexmoor are well and honourably known in county chronicles.

  2. But honourably rest awhile, and let me give you some refreshment.

  3. If that is so, be honourably pleased to accept rest and refreshment in my humble house in yonder valley.

  4. It is also thought that, if there should be a failure of success, I could then honourably retire to the United States.

  5. Ryerson was permitted to retire on full salary from the responsible post which for nearly thirty-two years he had so worthily and honourably filled.

  6. As to my own views and feelings, I would greatly prefer retiring altogether from any connection with the press in all discussions of civil affairs in every shape and form, and I can consistently and honourably do so in June.

  7. No one asks England to go to war for France; all that is asked is that she should recognise the de facto Government of the country, and should urge Prussia to make peace on terms which a French nation can honourably accept.

  8. You must excuse me, Lovelace, from engaging in the office you would have me undertake, till I can be better assured you really intend honourably at last by this much-injured lady.

  9. I have honourably had my commission; but it has been for, not from your honourable relations.

  10. Many and many a time I used to muse upon it, and say to myself, My sister was married; honourably married!

  11. But the terms still dictated by the enemy were such as Macnaghten could not honourably accept.

  12. Should any English gentleman unavoidably be detained, he shall be treated honourably until such time as he can depart.

  13. The Pope ordered the bodies of Christophorus and Sergius to be taken up and honourably buried in St. Peter's.

  14. The legates were honourably received in the capital and lodged in the Placidia Palace.

  15. Not by possibility could it indicate any mode of personal violence; for no race of men could be more mild and honourably forbearing in their intercourse with each other than the manly dalesmen of the Lakes.

  16. No class of works is more honourably distinguished by fine observation, by grace, by delicate wit, by pure moral feeling.

  17. Here he had a son, named Charles, well known as the author of the "History of Music" and as the father of two remarkable children, of a son distinguished by learning and of a daughter still more honourably distinguished by genius.

  18. And wherever the faithful contendings of the once famous covenanted church of Scotland are honourably made mention of, this, to his honour, shall be recorded of him.

  19. So Charles rode on, attended by several nobles and entertained most honourably at their castles.

  20. Elizabeth honourably restored the coinage to its ancient value.

  21. He honourably kept to himself the story of the Graydon dispute.

  22. I wish to obtain honourably and respectably the means of visiting China or particular parts of Africa.

  23. They reached the court of Flanders in safety, were honourably received by the count, and passed the whole winter with him.

  24. At once bastard and minor, with competitors for his coronet arising at every moment, he was throughout the whole of his early life beset by troubles, none of which were of his own making, and he came honourably out of all.

  25. Treby, now Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, and Powell, who had honourably distinguished himself on the day of the trial of the bishops, were on the Bench.

  26. It would therefore be wise in James to do without delay whatever he could honourably and conscientiously do to win back the hearts of his people.

  27. The Sevynt chapitre contenis, The gude thewis, vertues, and custumes that pertenis to the Knychtis that honourably wald manetene the foresaid Ordre of Knychthede.

  28. Alsua, the Knychtis hors is enournyt with harnais before and behynd, on his body, sa efferis it to Knychtis to be honourably enournyt with honourable clething, and alsa with vertues honourable.

  29. The result of the hearing was that he was honourably acquitted,' etc.


  30. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "honourably" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.