boldly

English

Alternative forms

• bouldly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English boldely, boldeliche, baldeliche, from Old English bealdlīċe (“boldly, earnestly”), equivalent to bold +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊldli/, [ˈbɒʊldli]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊldli/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: bold‧ly

Adverb

boldly (comparative boldlier or more boldly, superlative boldliest or most boldly)

1. In a bold manner; with confidence.

   to boldly go where no man has gone before

   • 2000, Mark Oldach, Creativity for graphic designers:

     Postcards that are billboardlike communications with an immediate message stated boldly and creatively.

Derived terms

• boldly go where no man has gone before

Translations

in a bold manner

Bulgarian: дръзко (bg) (drǎzko) Chinese: Mandarin: 大膽地 / 大胆地 (zh) (dàdǎn de) Dutch: boudweg (nl) Esperanto: aŭdace 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 (es), valientemente (es)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “boldly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “boldly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.