courageously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English courageous

English -ly

English courageously

From courageous + -ly.

Adverb

courageously (comparative more courageously, superlative most courageously)

1. In a courageous manner; bravely; boldly.
   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene ii:

     Strike vp the Drum and martch corragiouſly,
     Fortune her ſelfe dooth ſit vpon our Creſts.

Translations

in a courageous manner

• Catalan: coratjosament (ca)
• Hungarian: bátran (hu)
• Spanish: valientemente (es)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “courageously”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “courageously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.