Meanings
comparative more courageously · superlative most courageously
- In a courageous manner; bravely; boldly.
Strike vp the Drum and martch corragiouſly, Fortune her ſelfe dooth ſit vpon our Creſts.
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 ii1 more example
The veteran Ukrainian history teacher and education official in Izium had courageously kept it all together during the six-month Russian occupation in 2022.
2025 February 21, Scott Peterson, “Once-occupied Ukraine towns try to stay defiant amid fear over Russia gains”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbin a courageous manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan coratjosament
- coratjosamentin a courageous manner
Esperanto kuraĝe
- kuraĝein a courageous manner
Hungarian bátran
- bátranin a courageous manner
Spanish valientemente
- valientementein a courageous manner
Cite this entry
courageously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courageously
“courageously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courageously. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “courageously,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/courageously.
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