noblier

English

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Adverb

noblier

  1. (rare, literary) comparative form of nobly: more nobly
    • 1612, John Harington, “Brief View Church of England in Nugæ Antiquæ”, in oed‎[1], retrieved 8 February 2025:
      The arch-bishop did much noblier to hazard this obliquie of some idle tongues.
    • 1852, Frederick William Robertson, “Charity its Principles and Methods”, in Biblehub‎[2], retrieved 27 March 2025:
      This is the blessedness of the suffering of Christ; it is the law of the Cross. To be willing to bear in order to teach others! — to lose, in order that others may "through us noblier live" — that is to know something of the blessedness He knew..
    • 1864, Robert Browning, “Mr. Sludge, "The Medium"”, in Wikisource, line 832‎[3], retrieved 18 January 2012:
      That's all—do what we do, but noblier done— / Use plate, whereas we eat our meals off delf, / (To use a figure).
    • 1892, Alfred Tennyson, “The Dead Prophet”, in Telelib‎[4], retrieved 27 March 2025:
      Noble and great—O ay—but then,Tho’ a prophet should have his due,Was he noblier-fashion’d than other men?

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