audaciously

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/ɔˈdeɪʃəsli/

adverb

In an audacious manner; bravely, daringly, but not foolhardily.

RareScrabble 17

Meanings

adverbaudaciously (comparative more audaciously, superlative most audaciously)

comparative more audaciously · superlative most audaciously

  1. In an audacious manner; bravely, daringly, but not foolhardily.

    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.

    1954 [1927 March], Mao Tse-tung, “Report on an Investigation on the Peasant Movement in Hunan”, in Selected Works of Mao Tse-Tung, volume I, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 29
  2. In a brazen, forthright manner.

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Translations

Polish śmiało, śmiele
  • śmiałoin an audacious manner; bravely; daringly but not foolhardily
  • śmielein an audacious manner; bravely; daringly but not foolhardily
  • zuchwalein an audacious manner; bravely; daringly but not foolhardily
  • aroganckoin an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • bezczelniein an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • bezwstydniein an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • czelniein an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • hucpiarskoin an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • impertynenckoin an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • tupeciarskoin an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
  • zuchwalein an audacious manner; brazenly; forthrightly
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“audaciously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audaciously. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audaciously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audaciously.

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