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What is the adjective for honourably?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs honor and honour which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

honorary
  1. Given as an honor/honour, with no duties attached, and without payment.
  2. Voluntary.
  3. Describes the holder of a position or title that is assigned to him as a special honor rather than by normal channels.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “During his visit to Ireland, Peck was conferred with an honorary doctorate in literature by the National University of Ireland in April 2000.”
      “The statue of the founder is an honorary tribute, representing the lasting memory of his impactful legacy.”
      “Peter devoted his weekends to serve as an honorary mentor to underprivileged children in his community.”
honorable
  1. (US) Worthy of respect; respectable.
  2. (Commonwealth of Nations) Misspelling of honourable.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The people that influenced your life were, in most cases, well-meaning with honorable intentions.”
      “In the case of Van Straalen, the services rendered by him during his long and honorable career have been remarkable.”
      “He will try in his honorable role as the advocate to gain as much advantage as he can for his point of view.”
honorific
honorifical
  1. Or or pertaining to honorifics.
  2. honorific.
honourable
  1. (Commonwealth of Nations) A courtesy title applied to a cabinet minister, minister of state, or senator
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The people that influenced your life were, in most cases, well-meaning with honourable intentions.”
      “In the case of Van Straalen, the services rendered by him during his long and honourable career have been remarkable.”
      “The right honourable gentleman opposite is a very naughty man, and he will laugh on the other side of his face when my ship comes in.”
honourless
honourworthy
  1. Worthy of or deserving honour; honourable.
honoured
  1. Respected, having received honour.
honored
honorous
  1. honorable, honourable.
  2. Examples:
    1. “They are not honorous but onerous to the superscription, and nothing is more untruthful or absurd.”
      “His office contains within it all the authority of all the other offices, whose duties are not so honorous as his. ”
      “Cease, then, your wanderings and return at once to Christ, and He will greet you with a word of welcome and cheer, and who knows but what He has some honorous commission awaiting you.”
honors
honorless
  1. Alternative spelling of honourless
  2. Examples:
    1. “Alas for this honorless and faithless people, The Kurds of Ray, the Turks of Khamsa, the Lurs of Qazvin.”
      “Had he been honorless, she would this day be wearing a crown.”
      “She escorts Lady Catelyn, who confronts the honorless Jaime.”
honourific
  1. Nonstandard spelling of honorific.
honourable
  1. (Britain, Canada) Alternative form of honorable
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The people that influenced your life were, in most cases, well-meaning with honourable intentions.”
      “In the case of Van Straalen, the services rendered by him during his long and honourable career have been remarkable.”
      “The right honourable gentleman opposite is a very naughty man, and he will laugh on the other side of his face when my ship comes in.”
honourary
  1. (US, Britain) Archaic spelling of honorary.
honourous
  1. Rare spelling of honorous.
honoring
honouring
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