gutsily

adverb

as in courageously
in a fearless manner in her newspaper columns she gutsily took on the state's corrupt politicians

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gutsily
  1. courageously
  2. firmly
  3. boldly
  4. manfully
  5. fearlessly
  6. bravely
Adverb
  • Today, Governor Newsom has courageously chosen to break that silence.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Nov. 2026
  • 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
Definition of courageously
Adverb
  • For those of you counting at home, that makes eight of 14 Illinois House Dems firmly in the moderate camp.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Fiction, unlike other artistic media, can seamlessly manipulate time—whether keeping the reader firmly in the grasp of the present, enfolding different time periods into one scene, or leaping forward twenty years with a single paragraph break.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of firmly
Adverb
  • Gray has always displayed a probing visual style, boldly confrontational yet painfully tender.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2026
  • There’s a woman’s smiling face on a wall in Cornelia, printed on aluminum, boldly colored enough to see from the amphitheater being built a block away in this northeast Georgia town.
    — Tiffany Davis, AJC.com, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of boldly
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
Definition of manfully
Adverb
  • If that’s true, few have crossed it more frequently—or more fearlessly—than Sacha Baron Cohen.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Taboo subjects, after all, aren’t limited to just political beliefs, and the Chicks tackle them all fearlessly.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of fearlessly
Adverb
  • Sayers and Butkus bravely stood in the pouring rain for their jersey retirement and gave memorable speeches wearing sport coats.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The mother who got up so bravely and spoke at our conference took the first step by sharing her story in a room full of leaders, but not everyone has that opportunity.
    — Sharon Sewell-Fairman, New York Daily News, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of bravely
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“Gutsily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutsily. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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