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单词 boldly
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boldlyadj.

Forms: Also Middle English baldli, Middle English baldeli.
Etymology: < bold adj. + -ly suffix1; compare goodly.
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.

Brit. /ˈbəʊldli/, U.S. /ˈboʊl(d)li/
Etymology: < bold adj. + -ly suffix2.
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).
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