[ adv ] in a heroic manner <adv.all> he become reconciled to not dying heroically in her arms
Heroical \He*ro"ic*al\, a. Heroic. [R.] --Spectator. -- {He*ro"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {He*ro"ic*al*ness}, n.
It was in the forefront of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, and its citizens heroically withstood a siege by Nazi forces for 900 days during World War II.
Yesterday's figures from Kwik Save were impressive - almost heroically so in the light of the fierce competition in UK food retailing.
The government has called the pro-democracy demonstrations a "counterrevolutionary rebellion" and says the army heroically restored order to the Chinese capital.
"Till We Meet Again," which will be telecast in two parts on CBS Sunday and Tuesday, has three strong women who come through heroically.
The system responded heroically to the challenge of two wars and the introduction of the welfare state, but it began to creak in the 1960s and 1970s.
He said the company's chemists and other researchers performed a "heroically fast job" of developing the compounds into drugs that could be absorbed into the bloodstream, and then testing the drugs for toxicity in animals.
His Grimes is neither brute nor visionary: he is lonely, unpredictable, heroically courageous.
Today, with no family responsibilities, he moves from job to job, drinks and smokes heroically, and refuses to respect any kind of authority.
Many of them were befriended by Americans who landed here." Many buried in Nettuno died heroically.