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Synonyms for bravely

Grammar : Adv
Spell : breyv
Phonetic Transcription : breɪv

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Définition of bravely

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French brave, "splendid, valiant," from Italian bravo "brave, bold," originally "wild, savage," possibly from Medieval Latin bravus "cutthroat, villain," from Latin pravus "crooked, depraved;" a less likely etymology being from Latin barbarus (see barbarous). A Celtic origin (Irish breagh, Cornish bray) also has been suggested.
  • Old English words for this, some with overtones of "rashness," included modig (now "moody"), beald ("bold"), cene ("keen"), dyrstig ("daring"). Brave new world is from the title of Aldous Huxley's 1932 satirical utopian novel; he lifted the phrase from Shakespeare ("Tempest" v.i.183).
  • adv courageously
Example sentences :
  • "You want to cut out worrying about me," he counseled, bravely.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "We'll break the bad luck seven to-day," asserted little Redpath, bravely.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "I'll see it in London," she had said bravely, trying to conceal her disappointment.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Then she fell to thinking how bravely he had borne him in that fray.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Go now, and bear you bravely, as you will for your own honour and that of England, and for mine.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • She had bravely striven to keep her fairyhood, and in the battle of wits, had lost.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Never mind, Tom; bear on bravely, lad, and you'll outlive vexation.
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • But who could that saucy knave be who answered me to my beard so bravely?
  • Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
  • We went about two kilometres as bravely as possible, and then I stopped, quite exhausted.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Sometimes he would have a dozen or more to eat, but he did it bravely—from a sense of duty.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

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