as in bravely
in a fearless manner
he courageously demanded fair treatment for those who could not speak for themselves
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Recent Examples of courageously
The woman courageously walked into the living room to investigate, but paused.
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Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Academy’s failure to recognize these shifts reflects a disconnection from the realities faced by Iranian artists who courageously seek to redefine their narratives.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
The song encourages women to love courageously while guarding their hearts.
—Billboard China, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked.
—Judith Y. Kim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
Projects can courageously push boundaries.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The Academy’s failure to recognize these shifts reflects a disconnection from the realities faced by Iranian artists who courageously seek to redefine their narratives.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
The song encourages women to love courageously while guarding their hearts.
—Billboard China, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2025
While courageously intervening to protect a fellow passenger, he was viciously attacked.
—Judith Y. Kim, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
Projects can courageously push boundaries.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courageously
Adverb
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For the last 20 years, Kimberly Schlapman watched her mother bravely walk through life with the diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2025
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Before Public Enemy makes an appearance in the clip, Ruby Bridges is shown ending segregation, bravely walking into her elementary school in New Orleans in 1960.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
30 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Barcelona president Joan Laporta was firmly behind his team going to Miami.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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But 2025 has firmly accelerated his move from rising talent to in-demand star with three films and three wildly different performances.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Dark Renaissance boldly argues that transgressive innovators, far from going out of style, have always been necessary for artistic advancement.—
Isaac Butler,
The Atlantic,
3 Nov. 2025
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Concerned that Barack Obama was running away with the race, John McCain made an impulsive gamble, boldly picking the largely unknown Alaska governor Sarah Palin.—
Time,
Time,
3 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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These women were redefining what constitutes beauty, femininity and resilience by fearlessly displaying the raw, unfiltered truth of bodies changed by illness and treatment.—
Tabitha Britt,
Flow Space,
30 Oct. 2025
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Over 135 minutes, the three episodes explored how a girl fearlessly pursued her big dreams.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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But those remakes are about hive-mind monsters infecting and possessing humans, who valiantly resist but fail to eradicate the threat.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Offensive players blamed themselves and valiantly tried to excuse the 49ers’ undermanned defense.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Courageously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courageously. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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