boldly

• bouldly (obsolete)

From Middle English boldely, boldeliche, baldeliche, from Old English bealdlīċe (“boldly, earnestly”), equivalent to bold +‎ -ly.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈboʊldli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbəʊldli/, [ˈbɒʊldli]

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• Hyphenation: bold‧ly

boldly (comparative boldlier or more boldly, superlative boldliest or most boldly)

1. In a bold manner; with confidence.

   To boldly go where no man has gone before.

• boldly go where no man has gone before

• boldly in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• boldly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913