he'roically
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heroic or heroical (hɪˈrəʊɪk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, like, or befitting a hero |
| 2. | courageous but desperate |
| 3. | relating to or treating of heroes and their deeds |
| 4. | of, relating to, or resembling the heroes of classical mythology |
| 5. | (of language, manner, etc) extravagant |
| 6. | prosody of, relating to, or resembling heroic verse |
| 7. | (of the arts, esp sculpture) larger than life-size; smaller than colossal |
| 8. | RC Church |
| a. held to such a degree as to enable a person to perform virtuous actions with exceptional promptness, ease and pleasure, and with self-abnegation and self-control: heroic virtue | |
| b. performed or undergone by such a person: the heroic witness of martyrdom | |
| heroical or heroical | |
| —adj | |
| he'roically or heroical | |
| —adv | |
| he'roicalness or heroical | |
| —n | |
| he'roicness or heroical | |
| —n | |
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