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BOLDLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With boldness, in a bold manner
Example:
we must tackle these tasks boldly
Classified under:
Pertainym:
bold (fearless and daring)
Context examples:
She boldly acknowledged herself flattered, and continued her enquiries.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
Catherine had seen nothing to compare with it; and her feelings of delight were so strong, that without waiting for any better authority, she boldly burst forth in wonder and praise.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Mr. Harris, who attended her every day, still talked boldly of a speedy recovery, and Miss Dashwood was equally sanguine; but the expectation of the others was by no means so cheerful.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Soon we were hemmed in with trees, which in places arched right over the roadway till we passed as through a tunnel; and again great frowning rocks guarded us boldly on either side.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
You speak out boldly, squire, the prince answered; but unless I have some further assurance of your master's noble birth and gentle name I cannot match the choicest lances of my court against him.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I could frequently distinguish the word Yahoo, which was repeated by each of them several times: and although it was impossible for me to conjecture what it meant, yet while the two horses were busy in conversation, I endeavoured to practise this word upon my tongue; and as soon as they were silent, I boldly pronounced Yahoo in a loud voice, imitating at the same time, as near as I could, the neighing of a horse; at which they were both visibly surprised; and the gray repeated the same word twice, as if he meant to teach me the right accent; wherein I spoke after him as well as I could, and found myself perceivably to improve every time, though very far from any degree of perfection.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
They walked towards the Lucases, because Kitty wished to call upon Maria; and as Elizabeth saw no occasion for making it a general concern, when Kitty left them she went boldly on with him alone.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
She nodded and looked at him boldly, not with soft and gentle eyes like Ruth's, but with eyes that were handsome and hard, and that swept on past him to Ruth and itemized her face and dress and station.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The sailors now crowded boldly aft, grinning and shuffling, to watch the pummelling of the hated Cockney.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Then I would make a fact so disgraceful known, and boldly challenge society to set it right.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
