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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English boldely, boldeliche, baldeliche, from Old English bealdlīċe (“boldly, earnestly”), equivalent to bold + -ly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
boldly (comparative boldlier or more boldly, superlative boldliest or most boldly)
- In a bold manner; with confidence.
- To boldly go where no man has gone before.
Derived terms
Translations
in a bold manner
- Bulgarian: дръзко (bg) (drǎzko)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 大膽地/大胆地 (zh) (dàdǎn de)
- Dutch: boudweg (nl)
- Finnish: rohkeasti (fi), röyhkeästi (fi)
- French: hardiment (fr)
- Galician: audazmente (gl)
- German: kühn (de), tapfer (de)
- Gothic: 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌰𐌱𐌰 (balþaba)
- Italian: arditamente (it), coraggiosamente (it), valentemente, audacemente (it), sfrontatamente (it)
- Japanese: 大胆に (ja) (だいたんに, daitan ni)
- Latin: audaciter, audacter
- Macedonian: смело (smelo), храбро (hrabro)
- Nahuatl: chicauaztica
- Old English: bealdlīċe
- Polish: śmiało (pl), odważnie (pl)
- Portuguese: audazmente
- Russian: сме́ло (ru) (smélo), хра́бро (ru) (xrábro), отва́жно (ru) (otvážno), до́блестно (ru) (dóblestno)
- Spanish: audazmente, valientemente (es)
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References
- “boldly”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “boldly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.