valiantlyadv.
/ˈvalɪəntli/, U.S. /ˈvæljəntli/ In a valiant manner; with valour or courage; boldly, bravely, courageously.
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the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [adverb]
stithlya1300
valiantly?1507
valorouslyc1614
α.
in combination.1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B3 Oh what songs will I charme out in praise of those valiantly-strong-stinking breaths.β. ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 52 To furnyse a bancat In Venus chalmer valȝeandly withoutin vane ruse.1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. xx. 210 The batall beand in ane parte renewit, manilius Consul faucht na less Valeȝeantlie þan he did in ane vthir weyng.a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 77 Ȝe haue provin walieȝeantlie..for the defence and libertie of this realme.a1600 in Montgomerie's Poems (S.T.S.) Suppl. Vol. 246 That I may wailȝeandle resist the fleche, þe warld, þe dewell, & hell.c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) viii. 22 And hys knyghtes folowyde hym,..determynyde to do walyauntly.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 296 The Erle Douglas of Scotland, who fought a season right valiauntly.
1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. I3 He died vnforst, I trust, and valiantly.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 28 The Divine right of Episcopacy was then valiantly asserted.
1695 Ld. Preston tr. Boethius Of Consol. Philos. iv. 205 Thou must engage valiantly and fiercely against every Fortune.
1787 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. IV. 24 This man.. was slain valiantly fighting for his country.
1879 M. W. Hungerford Airy Fairy Lilian I. 104 Putting one foot into a friendly crevice, and holding on valiantly to the upper stones.
1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) II. 219 He talked valiantly at first of military service.
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adv.?1507