nobly

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
noble/ˈnəʊbl/

▶adjective (nobler, noblest)

• 1 belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

• 2 having fine personal qualities or high moral principles.

• 3 imposing; magnificent.

▶noun

• 1 (especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth.

• 2 historical a former English gold coin.

– phrases
the noble art (or science) (of self-defence) chiefly archaic boxing.

– derivatives
nobleness noun,
nobly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr., from L. (g)nobilis ‘noted, high-born’.