bravely
English
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[edit]Adverb
[edit]bravely (comparative bravelier or more bravely, superlative braveliest or most bravely)
- In a brave manner.
- The soldiers faced the enemy bravely.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Here, here, here's an excellent place; here we may see most bravely: I'll tell you them all by their names as they pass by; but mark Troilus above the rest.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 76, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- No, they hold there a large, round wad of tow and cork, enveloped in the thickest and toughest of ox-hide. That bravely and uninjured takes the jam which would have snapped all their oaken handspikes and iron crow-bars.
- 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter XVI, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
- [H]e stepped forward and said bravely, though his hand trembled, and his face was as pale as snow:—
“My true friend, from the bottom of my broken heart I thank you. Tell me what I am to do, and I shall not falter!”
Translations
[edit]in a brave manner
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