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boldly

Syllables: bold·ly/ˈbəʊldli/US/ˈboʊldli/

boldly adverb: in a bold manner; with confidence.

Adverb

boldly (comparative boldlier or more boldly, superlative boldliest or most boldly)

  1. In a bold manner; with confidence.
    • to boldly go where no man has gone before
    • Postcards that are billboardlike communications with an immediate message stated boldly and creatively.2000, Mark Oldach, Creativity for graphic designers

boldly meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Sanskrit

boldly in Urdu

دلیری سے

boldly in Telugu

సాహసోపేతంగా

boldly in Malayalam

ധൈര്യസമേതം

boldly in Sanskrit

boldly, strongly, with force
धृष्णु dhṛṣṇu

Examples of boldly in a sentence

  • Only one candidate is willing to fly the conservative flag boldly.
  • The product of a period of intense creative ferment, Mute engaged boldly with allcomers.
  • The day when you wear your heart on your sleeve boldly and unladylikely (almost, that is).

All 24 example sentences with boldly

Forms of boldly

comparativeboldlier
comparativemore boldly
superlativeboldliest
superlativemost boldly
alternative formbouldly

Origin of boldly

From Middle English boldely, boldeliche, baldeliche, from Old English bealdlīċe (“boldly, earnestly”), equivalent to bold + -ly.

Words formed from boldly

Phrases with boldly

Questions about boldly

What does boldly mean?
Boldly means in a bold manner; with confidence.
What is boldly in Urdu?
Boldly in Urdu is دلیری سے. See Boldly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is boldly?
Boldly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce boldly?
Boldly is pronounced /ˈbəʊldli/ (UK).

Words near boldly in the dictionary

  1. boldings
  2. Boldins
  3. boldish
  4. boldlier
  5. boldliest
  6. boldly
  7. boldly go where no man has gone before
  8. boldly goes where no man has gone before
  9. boldly going where no man has gone before
  10. boldly gone where no man has gone before
  11. boldly went where no man has gone before

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boldly (page history and authors); boldly (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boldly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); boldly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); धृष्णु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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