Meanings
comparative more valiantly · superlative most valiantly
- In a valiant manner; showing bravery.
I valiantly resolve not to go to bed at all, but to walk up and down the pier till morning.
1842, Charles Dickens, “A Night Steamer on the Potomac River. […]”, in American Notes for General Circulation. […], volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 41 more example
We may think of the young people who valiantly stood for the cause of human rights and resisted their infringement, in spite of the violent crackdown by the Chinese regime at T’ien-an-men Square in June 1989.
1999, Felix Wilfred, “Asian Dreams and Christian Hope”, in Virgil Elizondo, Jon Sobrino, editors, 2000: Reality and Hope, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 71
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith valor; in a valiant manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀνδρείως, γενναίως
- ἀνδρείως (andreíōs)in a valiant manner
- γενναίως (gennaíōs)in a valiant manner
Esperanto kuraĝe
- kuraĝein a valiant manner
Finnish urheasti, urhoollisesti
- urheastiin a valiant manner
- urhoollisestiin a valiant manner
French vaillamment
- vaillammentin a valiant manner
Greek ανδρείως, γενναία
- ανδρείως (andreíos)in a valiant manner
- γενναία (gennaía)in a valiant manner
Japanese 勇敢に
- 勇敢に (yūkan'ni)in a valiant manner
Polish bitnie, walecznie
- bitniein a valiant manner
- waleczniein a valiant manner
Cite this entry
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