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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero..
Between 1818, when The Heart of Mid-Lothian reinvented the heroinely heart, and 1824, when Redgauntlet signalled Scott's joint reclamation of his complex literary heritage and of his simplest personal fantasy, the literary world changed.
Use heroinely when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Heroinely means (rare) Of, befitting, characteristic of, or related to a heroine, a female hero..
Common synonyms include heroine, heroinic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Between 1818, when The Heart of Mid-Lothian reinvented the heroinely heart, and 1824, when Redgauntlet signalled Scott's joint reclamation of his complex literary heritage and of his simplest personal fantasy, the literary world changed.
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