boldly

== English == === Alternative forms === bouldly (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English boldely, boldeliche, baldeliche, from Old English bealdlīċe (“boldly, earnestly”), equivalent to bold +‎ -ly. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊldli/, [ˈbɒʊldli] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊldli/ Hyphenation: bold‧ly === Adverb === boldly (comparative boldlier or more boldly, superlative boldliest or most boldly) In a bold manner; with confidence. ==== Derived terms ==== boldly go where no man has gone before ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “boldly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “boldly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.