audaciously

English

Etymology

audacious +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• enPR: ôdāʹshəsli, IPA^(key): /ɔˈdeɪʃəsli/

Adverb

audaciously (comparative more audaciously, superlative most audaciously)

1. In an audacious manner; bravely, daringly, but not foolheartedly.
   • 1954 [1927 March], Mao Tse-tung, “Report on an Investigation on the Peasant Movement in Hunan”, in Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung‎^[1], volume I, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 29‎^[2]:

     In short, all those whom the gentry had despised, those whom they had trodden into the dirt, people with no place in society, people with no right to speak, have now audaciously lifted up their heads. They have not only lifted up their heads but taken power into their hands.

2. In a brazen, forthright manner.