heroically

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Heroically unaware of her strangeness, or indifferent to its effects, Ms. Goering seems to do everything she can to reject the life that is expected of her.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2014

Heroically, on this visit, I resisted the siren call of Sydney Harbor and the beaches.

From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2014

Heroically obscure until last year, he is suddenly the idol of the food-writing world.

From Time • Jul. 27, 2011

Heroically disregarding official threats, the Nobel-prize winning novelist authorized publication in the West of by far his most explosive work.

From Time Magazine Archive

Heroically he strove to rouse me to activity, to interest me in some pursuit.

From Parkhurst Boys And Other Stories of School Life by Reed, Talbot Baines