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bouldly

bouldly is the obsolete form of boldly.

Meaning of boldly

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

Forms of bouldly

comparativemore bouldly
superlativemost bouldly

Origin of bouldly

From bould + -ly.

Questions about bouldly

What is bouldly the obsolete form of?
Bouldly is the obsolete form of boldly.

Words near bouldly in the dictionary

  1. boulderstone
  2. boulderstones
  3. bouldery
  4. Bouldin
  5. Bouldins
  6. bouldly
  7. Bouldnor
  8. Bouldoukian
  9. Bouldoukians
  10. boule
  11. boulechite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bouldly (page history and authors); boldly (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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