What does "heroinely" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "heroinely"?

Common synonyms include: heroine, heroinic.

Heroinely

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

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

Synonyms

All synonyms

heroine heroinic

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"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."

Etymology

From heroine + -ly.

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