courageously

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Recent Examples of courageously Roosevelt and Britain’s Winston Churchill shrewdly and courageously led the West in the epic battle against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan through World War II. — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Police say the victim courageously fought for her life and escaped to the breezeway of the apartment, screaming for help as Reyes continued to assault her. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Cultivate psychological safety by courageously speaking uncomfortable truths, a quality remembered more than talent. — Jason Walker Psyd, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 And there is no more important group of people than these young women who courageously stood up. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 In the film, which was based on a Pulitzer Prize nominated memoir, Betty escapes the clutches of her barbaric Iranian husband (played by Alfred Molina) and courageously smuggles herself and her daughter out of Iran. — Literary Hub, 29 June 2026 In response, Chuck’s family courageously chose to share their story openly — and the Ace the Stigma Foundation was born. — Ace The Stigma Foundation, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026 In a story set in the Great Depression, the Filipino-American novelist wrote courageously of the struggles of the migrant worker who wishes to live with dignity in a world that chooses not to see him as fully human. — Time, 12 May 2026 Your team have just courageously avoided relegation on the final day. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 5 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for courageously
Adverb
  • But, over the award show’s 75-plus-year tenure, there have been a handful of celebs who bravely bared all—and delivered unforgettable looks in the process.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Skirting bravely around the edges of space to seek solace, they’re hunted by the Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a deadly Alliance assassin on a mission who seeks to recapture her.
    — Grace Dean, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Variety takes a look at how 10 companies are taming the AI beast with specific use cases that creatives can get behind in a way that keeps them firmly in control and respects copyrights.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout DeSantis’ time in office, Florida itself has changed, shifting from a competitive battleground state to one that is now firmly Republican.
    — Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Jackson has responded accordingly and spoken boldly about the offense’s potential.
    — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • If leaders distinguish between thoughtful and careless risks, people can move boldly without lowering the bar.
    — Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • That everyone commits so fearlessly — and with such straight faces — to the Zellners’ berserk world-building is a joy to behold, aided by a terrific jukebox soundtrack and a chaotic, entropic plot that builds and builds to insane levels of carnage.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
  • But the film’s biggest asset is, obviously, Watts, who fearlessly digs deep and comes up with some of the best work of her career.
    — Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Benji’s father is a volatile patriarch who grills during blizzards and hits him for failing to manfully respond to a classmate’s racist slight.
    — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026
Adverb
  • The British Jews fighting valiantly for Britain do not regard themselves as homeless.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Unmoored, often ill with tuberculosis, and in and out of hospitals, Leigh valiantly continued to work, seemingly unconcerned about her precarious health.
    — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Adverb
  • Beyond the narrative, the production rests stalwartly on Chidester’s four actors.
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • He was brutally tortured during his captivity and held in solitary confinement for four of the years he was detained but stalwartly refused to provide the North Vietnamese with information.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • The daffodils here were almost finished, apart from one little patch of stragglers still flowering on heroically against the odds.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The 2025 second-round pick heroically forced and recovered a goal-line fumble in last season’s overtime road win over the Rams.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2026

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“Courageously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courageously. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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