Loyally

//ˈlɔɪəli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a loyal manner, faithfully.

    "The old dog loyally followed his master even if he didn't really want to go out."

Adverb
  1. 1
    with loyalty; in a loyal manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"They loyally united in her defence, and sought to squelch the revolter by loftily explaining that the actress turned her back so often to the audience because she had such a noble, generous nature and desired to give the other actors a chance."

Etymology

From loyal + -ly. Piecewise doublet of leally and legally.

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