Nō'bly, adv.

adverb

adv. 1. Of noble extraction; descended from a family of rank; as, nobly born or descended.

  1. With greatness of soul; heroically; with magnanimity; as, a deed nobly done.
  2. Splendidly; magnificently.

When could an emperor’s ashes have been so nobly lodged as in the midst of his metropolis, and on the top of so exalted a monument? Addison. Syn.—Illustriously; honorably; magnanimously; heroically; worthily; eminently; grandly; magnificently; splendidly.