Boldly
['bəuldli]
Definition
(adv.) with boldness, in a bold manner; 'we must tackle these tasks boldly'.
Editor: Omar--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a bold manner.
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Examples
- Suffice it to say that when Edison went boldly out into new territory, after something entirely unknown, he was quite prepared for hard work and exploration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the first place, I say boldly that nothing can be worse than the present mode of study. Plato. The Republic.
- She told no one, but concocted a 'thrilling tale', and boldly carried it herself to Mr. Dashwood, editor of the Weekly Volcano. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I persevered, however, to the end, and as soon as I reached it, boldly asked the one important question-- What is your opinion, Mr. Kyrle? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Face to face with the Englishman, however, he did not shirk the combat, but, whirling his sword with a fierce cry, dashed boldly at his enemy. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Yes, for a purpose, said Crispin boldly, evidently not to be duped by the suave greeting of Justinian. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The enemies had their head-quarters in a central and public position on Pine Street, near Fifth--from which the rebel flag was flaunted boldly. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And now you do see me,' said Monks, rising boldly, 'what then? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I will try the experiment on Miss Verinder as boldly as you could try it yourself. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I cannot allow you to come in so boldly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- So I said boldly, as if I had originated it, and must beg to insist upon it, Massive and concrete. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A gentleman can bear a shock when it must come, boldly and steadily. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Show me the man who says anything against women, as women, and I boldly declare he is not a man. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He has thus boldly made a great beginning, and shows us how classification will in the future be treated. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- You have spoken well, good squire, said the Disinherited Knight, well and boldly, as it beseemeth him to speak who answers for an absent master. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The angry flush had not disappeared, however; and when he was pulled out of his prison, he scowled boldly on Noah, and looked quite undismayed. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Shaking my hair from my eyes, I lifted my head and tried to look boldly round the dark room; at this moment a light gleamed on the wall. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She tried to speak boldly, but she was still deadly pale and could hardly get her words out for the trembling of her lips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here is a man who says boldly to our race, and as if it were a quite reasonable and natural thing to say, Take hold of your lives. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I know one or two painters, very good fellows, that I could bring to see you if you'd allow me, said Archer boldly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I was on the point of stepping boldly out into the room when a slight noise behind me warned me back into the shadows of a recess in the corridor. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Thou dost think, I warrant, that thou hast lost somewhat of our regard, by thy boldly declining this unpleasing task--But no, Maurice! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- He fell foul of him because men, instead of facing facts boldly, sat in rooms and pored over bad Latin translations of the master. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Treason was talked as boldly in Chicago at that convention as ever been in Charleston. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They proclaimed their sentiments boldly, and were impatient at anything like disrespect for the Union. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I hear she means to get a divorce, said Janey boldly. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I have in vain endeavoured to discover on what decisive facts the above statement has so often and so boldly been made. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- She recovered herself, and answered Mr. Ablewhite as boldly as ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Our last resource is to yield to it, and boldly assert that these different related objects are in effect the same, however interrupted and variable. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Raphael's face was found boldly executed on the underside of the moulding board, and Bacchus on the head of a beer barrel. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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