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auˈdaciously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
1. Fearlessly, boldly; with confidence and courage.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 104 Yet feare not thou, but speake audaciously. 1855Motley Dutch Rep. viii. (1858) 47 The honor of having battled audaciously..in behalf of human rights.
2. Presumptuously, impudently, shamelessly.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. vii. iv. (1632) 205 [He] committed more audaciously those vices. 1850Merivale Rom. Emp. xxviii. III. 287 He audaciously transmitted a mandate to Rome, requiring that these titles should be acknowledged. |