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bravely en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹeɪvli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree English brave Middle English -ly English -ly English bravely From brave + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a brave manner.
   • [H]e stepped forward and said bravely, though his hand trembled, and his face was as pale as snow:— “My true friend, from the bottom of my broken heart I thank you. Tell me what I am to do, and I shall not falter!” 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, Westminster [London]: Archibald Constable and Company, […], →OCLC:
   • No, they hold there a large, round wad of tow and cork, enveloped in the thickest and toughest of ox-hide. That bravely and uninjured takes the jam which would have snapped all their oaken handspikes and iron crow-bars. 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 76, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
   • To meet it, pro-democracy organizations, universities and law firms must bravely speak up against abuses of power while building the broadest possible coalition to stand up for fundamental rights. 2025 November 16, Daniel Altschuler, Javier Corrales, “How government repression is born – and how to resist it”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2025:
   • Here, here, here's an excellent place; here we may see most bravely: I'll tell you them all by their names as they pass by; but mark Troilus above the rest. c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
   • The soldiers faced the enemy bravely.

Forms

Translations (23)

ru сме́ло (in a brave manner) · fr bravement (in a brave manner) · ru до́блестно (in a brave manner) · ro brav (in a brave manner) · enm douȝtily (in a brave manner) · ca coratjosament (in a brave manner) · mr शौर्याने (in a brave manner) · hu bátran (in a brave manner) · ru хра́бро (in a brave manner) · fi uljaasti (in a brave manner) · mk храбро (in a brave manner) · nrf bravement (in a brave manner) · mr शूरपणे (in a brave manner) · mk смело (in a brave manner) · ru отва́жно (in a brave manner) · fi rohkeasti (in a brave manner) · es valientemente (in a brave manner) · hy քաջաբար (in a brave manner) · ca valentament (in a brave manner) · ro vitejește (in a brave manner) · mr शूरपणाने (in a brave manner) · fi urheasti (in a brave manner) · ro curajos (in a brave manner)