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gallantly, adv.|ˈgæləntlɪ, gəˈlæntlɪ|
[f. gallant a. + -ly2.]
In a gallant manner.
1. In gorgeous style, showily.
1552Latimer Fruitf. Serm. (1575) ii. 148 Our Clergymen whiche go so gallauntly now a dayes. I heare say that some of them weare Veluet shoes and Veluet slyppers. 1582Breton Flourish on Fancy (Grosart) 17/1 Thus shall you see her Bed and Chamber, brauely deckte: And every roome..set out in each respect, so gallantlie. 1603Knolles Hist. Turks (1621) 1260 A gard of an hundred tall souldiours, gallantly apparelled all in blew. 1650Fuller Pisgah iv. vi. 110 On her wedding-day, how gallantly does she come forth as a Bride adorned for her husband? 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. iii. xxxii. 139 A party of fifty persons, gallantly dressed, well mounted and armed. 1851Longfellow Gold. Leg. iii. In front of Cathedral 23 A crowd..Gaily and gallantly arrayed!
2. In an excellent manner, splendidly, finely.
1552Huloet, Galauntly, belle, pollite, pollucibiliter. 1588Greene Pandosto (1607) 23 Which attire became her so gallantly, as shee seemed to be the Goddesse Flora her selfe. 1719De Foe Crusoe ii. ix, They were gallantly armed. 1838L. E. Landon Leg. Teignmouth ii, And gallantly the white sails swept On, on before the wind.
3. In a brave or spirited manner, courageously, heroically.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. ii. 25 (Fo.) A Louer that kills himselfe most gallantly for loue. 1653Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) II. 37 Lo. Taff answeared gallantly that he appeared not there as a tale-carrier. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. viii. §14 The foot behaved themselves very gallantly. 1774Fletcher Doctr. Grace & Justice Wks. 1795 IV. 195 They fought gallantly for many glorious truths. 1839James Louis XIV, I. 157 The place was gallantly defended..by the garrison. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 357 ‘Threaten such things to rich and dainty folk, which have their hope in this world’, answered Elston, gallantly, ‘we fear them not’.
4. With courtesy or politeness, esp. in the exaggerated style of a gallant or courtier; in recent use, only of behaviour towards women.
1611Cotgr., Gaillardement..gallantly, like a gallant. 1692Dryden St. Evremont's Ess. 343 One may say seriously of it, what has been gallantly said of Love, ‘All other Pleasures are not worth its Pains’. 1765H. Walpole Otranto v. (1798) 83 The latter retired..gallantly telling the prince, that his daughter should amuse his highness, until himself could attend him. 1800E. Hervey Mourtray Fam. I. 253 Lord Wilmington, snatching her hand, gallantly pressed it to his lips. 1814Scott Wav. xv, Mac-Ivor said, very gallantly, he would never raise his hand against a grey head that was so much respected as my father's. 1865Miss Clayton Cruel Fort. II. 268 The Colonel..gallantly conducted her to the door. |