staunchly

1. 1.

   in a staunch manner

   “he staunchly defended his principles”

   Synonymsstanchly

Questions about staunchly

What does staunchly mean?

staunchly means "in a staunch manner".

How many syllables are in staunchly?

staunchly has 2 syllables: staunch-ly. The stress falls on "staunch". In IPA it is /ˈstɔntʃli/.

What is another word for staunchly?

Close synonyms include stanchly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is staunchly a common word?

staunchly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.