- a variation of staunchly.
stanchly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Murdaugh stanchly denied killing them in questioning Thursday from his attorneys.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
German traditions played some part in Lu theran neutrality; but Lutherans of Scandinavian and Netherlands origin were no less stanchly isolationist.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
The United States has held stanchly to the gold standard.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
Beale's 1,676 hitherto unknown drawings reached the Modern Galleries through a retired manufacturer of lantern slides whose name the gallery proprietor last week stanchly refused to reveal.
From Time Magazine Archive
![]()
“It’s a handsome house,” the doctor said stanchly.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.