adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
born
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For non-residents, other than the nobly born and well connected, it is less informative.
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She was rich and nobly born and powerful.
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But Richard at first refused, arguing that he was as nobly born as his brother.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Foreman sacrificed nobly for what he believed was right.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All were noble goals, nobly stated.
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But my duty is to sacrifice myself to save the army which has so nobly done its duty to defend Vicksburg.
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But Richard at first refused, arguing that he was as nobly born as his brother.
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Conservatism had been nobly employed dissolving the state into the people, he explained in his warm, dreamy way.
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For non-residents, other than the nobly born and well connected, it is less informative.
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Granted this authenticity even for the symbol, she came back the next day, nobly escorted.
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She was rich and nobly born and powerful.
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Well and nobly did... his gallant troops hold their own....