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▪ I. boldly, adv.|ˈbəʊldlɪ|
[f. bold a. + -ly2.]
In a bold manner.
1. Courageously, daringly, fearlessly.
a1000Juliana (Gr.) 492 Sume..ic bealdlice..minum hondum..sloᵹ. c1205Lay. 19923 Þer wes Bruttene weored ? baldeliche isomned [c 1275 boldeliche gadered]. c1305St. Christ. 36 in E.E.P. (1862) 60 Cristofre hem mette baldeliche. 1375Barbour Bruce iii. 14 He bauldly thaim abaid. 1480Robt. Devyll 30 He thought boldlyer for to abyde. 1611Bible Mark xv. 43 Ioseph of Arimathea..went in boldly vnto Pilate, and craued the body of Iesus. 1728Young Love Fame iii. (1757) 101 They who boldy dare, Shall triumph o'er the sons of cold despair. 1876Green Short Hist. v. §1 (1882) 223 The Prince seized the opportunity to fall boldly on their front.
2. In bad sense: With effrontery, impudently, shamelessly; presumptuously.
1387Trevisa Higden Rolls Ser. IV. 281 His sones..stryue þe boldloker [licentius]. c1400Apol. Loll. 108 Fro hem þat beggun wiþ out nede..or for oþer vndu caus beggen baldly. c1440Promp. Parv. 43 Boldely or malapertly, effronter, presumptuose. 1586Thynne Animadv. Introd. 70, I have like blind baiard boldlie run into this matter. a1656Bp. Hall Rem. Wks. (1660) 150 He..that can sin the boldlyest. 1785T. Jefferson Corr. (1830) 423 Their principle is to lie boldly that they may not be suspected of lying.
3. Confidently, with assurance; without doubt, without hesitation; assuredly.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 125 Alswa baldeliche mei þe wrecchesta mon clepian drihtan him to federe. a1300Cursor M. 3586 Baldlik þat dar i sai. c1384Chaucer H. Fame 581 Be ful assured boldely I am thy frende. c1400Destr. Troy 840 Ye shall boldly be blameles. c1420Chron. Vilod. 388 Wherfore y dar wryte and baldelyche say. 1563Homilies ii. Sacrament (1859) 442 So may we the boldlier have access thither. 1695Ld. Preston Boeth. ii. 48, I dare boldly affirm, that, etc. 1810Coleridge Friend (1865) 138 To hope too boldly of human nature.
4. With bold expression or handling; strongly, vigorously, strikingly.
1762H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. I. 158 Several other figures, boldly painted, but not highly finished. 1828Coleridge Eolian Harp 18 Its strings Boldlier swept.
▪ II. † boldly, a. Obs.
Also 3 baldli, 4 baldeli.
[f. bold a. + -ly1; cf. goodly.]
Bold-looking.
a1300Cursor M. 16032 (Gött.) Wid a ful baldli chere. Ibid. 8541 (Trin.) He was a boldly bachilere. 1819Blackw. Mag. IV. 730 Scan ye near Those boldly lineaments. |