Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • With boldness or audacity; boldly; courageously; fearlessly.
  • Defiantly.

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  • adverb In a daring manner; boldly; courageously; fearlessly; impudently.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in an original manner
  • adverb in an adventurous manner

Etymologies

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daring +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He loved to plunge into the dark and metaphysical subtleties which human genius has called daringly forth from the realities of things: --

    Eugene Aram — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • He loved to plunge into the dark and metaphysical subtleties which human genius has called daringly forth from the realities of things: --

    Eugene Aram — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • The text of the book, written in lyrical, daringly self-revelatory prose, is interspersed with music and video of the author -- sometimes speaking, sometimes not.

    Cathleen Falsani: 'Liberate Eden': A Digital Meditation Cathleen Falsani 2011

  • Hauntingly, daringly original, a psychological mystery that teases the mind while tugging the heart, this brave new series is so unconventional it feels like a dream.

    Awake: A Double Life, But Is Either Real? 2012

  • The text of the book, written in lyrical, daringly self-revelatory prose, is interspersed with music and video of the author -- sometimes speaking, sometimes not.

    Cathleen Falsani: 'Liberate Eden': A Digital Meditation Cathleen Falsani 2011

  • The text of the book, written in lyrical, daringly self-revelatory prose, is interspersed with music and video of the author -- sometimes speaking, sometimes not.

    Cathleen Falsani: 'Liberate Eden': A Digital Meditation Cathleen Falsani 2011

  • The same is true of the blues: There's a long tradition of super-endowed R&B sax masters who were equal parts swordsmen and soloists, trying to play faster, louder, higher and more daringly than the others.

    Classic Keys, Vital Organs Will Friedwald 2011

  • When the veteran period-instrument ensemble the English Concert dug into Vivaldi's "La Follia" Trio Sonata at its Library of Congress program Thursday, this customarily elegant group seemed to be channeling the brasher, more risk-taking approach of many Italian period-instrument bands, with boisterous attacks, daringly elastic phrasing, extravagant ornamentation and even some drumming on the double-bass.

    English Concert at Library of Congress Anne Midgette 2010

  • Second place wins a collectible (or would be if it didn't have a little crack in the horn) cow standing in a gondola and wearing a gondolier costume, except in the daringly naked udder area.

    Style Invitational Week 890: A contest to combine two sports team names The Empress 2010

  • The text of the book, written in lyrical, daringly self-revelatory prose, is interspersed with music and video of the author -- sometimes speaking, sometimes not.

    Cathleen Falsani: 'Liberate Eden': A Digital Meditation Cathleen Falsani 2011

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