BOLDLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does boldly mean? 

• BOLDLY (adverb)
  The adverb BOLDLY has 1 sense:

1. with boldness, in a bold manner

  Familiarity information: BOLDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOLDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With boldness, in a bold manner

Context example:

we must tackle these tasks boldly

Pertainym:

bold (fearless and daring)

 Context examples 

“My name is Johnson, sir,” the sailor boldly corrected.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

My dear Doctor, it was his spirit, not his constitution, that he ventured on so boldly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

She tried to speak boldly, but she was still deadly pale and could hardly get her words out for the trembling of her lips.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You may now want to draw up new goals—and paint them boldly on a much broader canvas.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Now he took to the road boldly, and as he was light and nimble, he felt no fatigue.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

So he said, "I'm sorry not to do as you wish, but we must pass over your hill whether you like it or not," and he walked boldly forward.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

He struck out boldly, but not straight enough into the stream.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Meg returned to her place, and supper was progressing pleasantly, when the little ghost walked again, and exposed the maternal delinquencies by boldly demanding, "More sudar, Marmar."

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

So he stepped boldly out upon the air.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

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.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)