COURAGEOUSLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does courageously mean? 

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

1. in a courageous manner

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COURAGEOUSLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a courageous manner

Synonyms:

bravely; courageously

Context example:

bravely he went into the burning house

Pertainym:

courageous (possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching)

 Context examples 

I feel you have to approach life energetically and courageously.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

“I say what I think, sir,” the sailor answered courageously, not failing at the same time in ship courtesy, which demanded that “sir” be appended to each speech he made.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

It could be nothing but the violence of the wind penetrating through the divisions of the shutters; and she stepped boldly forward, carelessly humming a tune, to assure herself of its being so, peeped courageously behind each curtain, saw nothing on either low window seat to scare her, and on placing a hand against the shutter, felt the strongest conviction of the wind's force.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Eclipses tend to push events to one end of the spectrum or the other, so if you have been unhappy with your partner, you will courageously take the bull by the horns and break up.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)