Audaciously

//ɔˈdeɪʃəsli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an audacious manner; bravely, daringly, but not foolheartedly.

    "In short, all those whom the gentry had despised, those whom they had trodden into the dirt, people with no place in society, people with no right to speak, have now audaciously lifted up their heads. They have not only lifted up their heads but taken power into their hands."

  2. 2
    In a brazen, forthright manner.
Adverb
  1. 1
    in an audacious manner wordnet

Example

More examples

"In short, all those whom the gentry had despised, those whom they had trodden into the dirt, people with no place in society, people with no right to speak, have now audaciously lifted up their heads. They have not only lifted up their heads but taken power into their hands."

Etymology

From audacious + -ly.

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