单词 | boldly |
释义 | † boldlyadj. Obsolete. Bold-looking. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > making bold appearance > [adjective] boldlya1400 erecteda1586 erect1618 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) 16032 Wid a ful baldli chere. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 8541 He was a boldly bachilere. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 4 730 Scan ye near Those boldly lineaments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online March 2021). boldlyadv. In a bold manner. 1. Courageously, daringly, fearlessly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > bravery or boldness > [adverb] stronglyeOE strongeOE boldlyOE wellOE coflyc1000 keenlyc1000 moodilyOE fastOE derflyc1175 trustlya1200 hardilyc1225 trustilya1375 ketec1380 throa1400 strenglya1425 strongfullyc1425 roidlya1500 virtuouslya1500 hardyflyc1500 brave1590 bold1597 audaciously1598 bravely1600 OE Cynewulf Juliana 492 Sume, þa ic funde butan godes tacne, gymelease, ungebletsade, þa ic bealdlice þurh mislic cwealm minum hondum searoþoncum slog. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9941 Þer wes Bruttene weored baldeliche isomned [c1300 Otho boldeliche igadered]. c1305 St. Christ. 36 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 60 Cristofre hem mette baldeliche. 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 14 He bauldly yaim abaid. c1500 Lyfe Roberte Deuyll 700 in W. C. Hazlitt Remains Early Pop. Poetry Eng. (1864) I. 246 He thought boldlyer for to abyde. 1611 Bible (King James) Mark xv. 43 Ioseph of Arimathea..went in boldly vnto Pilate, and craued the body of Iesus. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Young Love of Fame iii, in Wks. (1757) I. 101 They who boldy dare, Shall triumph o'er the sons of cold despair. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People (1882) v. §1. 223 The Prince seized the opportunity to fall boldly on their front. 2. In bad sense: With effrontery, impudently, shamelessly; presumptuously. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] wooinglya1382 boldlya1387 malapertly1447 malapertc1460 insolentlya1513 over-boldly1547 contumeliously1548 sauce malapertly1556 impudently1561 bold1597 saucy1598 petulantly1610 audaciously1611 affrontedlya1614 effrontedly1628 impertinently1671 effrontuouslya1734 procaciously1772 cheekily1872 sassily1883 brassily1889 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 281 His sones..stryue þe boldloker [L. licentius]. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 43 Boldely or malapertly, effronter, presumptuose. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 108 Fro hem þat beggun wiþ out nede..or for oþer vndu caus beggen baldly. 1587 F. Thynne Ann. Scotl. Pref. 405, in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II I haue like blind baiard boldlie run into this matter. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 150 He..that can sin the boldlyest. 1785 T. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adverb] trulyOE boldlyc1175 sickerlyc1275 tristly1340 redelya1375 redilya1375 surelyc1380 tristilyc1380 certainc1384 faithfullyc1384 trustilyc1390 certainlya1400 trustlya1400 undoubtinglyc1400 absolutely?a1425 positivelyc1443 assuredly1508 traist1508 traistfully1508 crousea1525 constantlya1538 resolutely1540 suredly1551 trestly1568 cocksure1579 resolvedly1610 assurantly1619 emphatically1629 decretorily1660 convincedly1812 unmisgivingly1842 solid1937 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 125 Alswa baldeliche mei þe wrecchesta mon clepian drihtan him to federe. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 581 Be ful assured boldely I am thy frende. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 3586 Baldlik þat dar i sai. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 388 Wherfore y dar wryte and baldelyche say. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 840 Ye shall boldly be blameles. 1563 2nd Tome Homelyes Sacrament, in J. Griffiths Two Bks. Homilies (1859) ii. 442 So may we the boldlier have access thither. 1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. ii. 48 I dare boldly affirm, that, etc. 1810 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 138 To hope too boldly of human nature. 4. With bold expression or handling; strongly, vigorously, strikingly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > the arts in general > [adverb] > qualities generally strongly1642 artistly1664 correctlya1704 meretriciously1755 boldly1765 chastely1815 literally1816 airily1823 stylistically1889 decadently1892 1765 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (ed. 2) I. iv. 99 Several other figures, boldly painted, but not highly finished. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 97 Its strings Boldlier swept. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1400adv.OE |
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