Meanings
comparative more honourably · superlative most honourably · alternative honorably
- UKIn an honourable manner.
1 more example
Inevitably the present extent and variety of the Belgian railways will diminish, and within the space of the ten-year plan we can expect to see a modern system concentrated on the main traffic routes like its neighbour in the Netherlands, and with its last steam locomotives and wooden coaches honourably retired to the museum.
1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith honor
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan honorablement
- honorablementin an honourable manner
Esperanto honore
- honorein an honourable manner
French honorablement
- honorablementin an honourable manner
Italian onorevolmente, onorabilmente
- onorevolmentein an honourable manner
- onorabilmentein an honourable manner
Portuguese honoravelmente
- honoravelmentein an honourable manner
Spanish honorablemente
- honorablementein an honourable manner
Swedish hederligt
- hederligtin an honourable manner
Cite this entry
honourably. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honourably
“honourably.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/honourably. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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