fearlessly
English
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Adverb
fearlessly (comparative more fearlessly, superlative most fearlessly)
- In a fearless manner; without fear.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 278:
- The swallows, which had been tempted here in great numbers on account of the quantity of insects to be found in proximity to the wood, and had established themselves in the barn and under the eaves, were gambolling, circling, and twittering fearlessly about in the sunshine.
Translations
in a fearless manner
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References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “fearlessly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)
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