boldly

Etymology

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

adv

  1. In a bold manner; with confidence.
    To boldly go where no man has gone before.

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