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# honourably

«honourably» in Mova's school dictionary: **In an honourable way; fairly and with good character** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (British spelling of honorably; more honourably)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In an honourable way; fairly and with good character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#m1)

2) In a way that keeps your word and your promises. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a knight fights fairly; in lessons it describes fair play and keeping one's word

### examples

- "Will you swear to carry me over the river if I fight honourably?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#x1)
- The knight swore to win honourably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#x2)
- She paid her debts honourably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#x3)
- The soldier kept his word honourably. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#x4)
- Play the game honourably and everyone will respect you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/#x5)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «honourably» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honourably/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.