unafraidly
advEtymology From unafraid + -ly.
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In an unafraid manner.
- He was, I should say, unafraidly conscious of his own lack, and he put back the finer thing when he might have grasped it, because he would not—and here he showed the nobler gleam—see its beauty suffer from an alien touch.1903 January, May Harris, “Whom the Gods Love”, in Harper’s Monthly Magazine, volume CVI, number DCXXXII, page 235:
- Not the least observance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed here, but, like Sulzer, unafraidly, perched upon the desk-top flat, perched there where the copper at his blotter calmly sat—a Lasiurus Pruinosus (which is Latin for a bat).1913 February 28, “Bat in Police Station Cause of Excitement. “Lasiurus Pruinosus” Invades Precincts Which Others are Afraid Of. Perched upon Blotter. Night Stick Waves Frantically Until Intruder is Finally Landed.”, in The Knoxville Sentinel, volume XXVII, number 51, Knoxville, Tenn., page 15:
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- How long since they had taken hands and lightly, unafraidly, tripped along life’s path?1914, Collier’s, page 12:
- It was as his clear eyes looked steadily, unafraidly, into the angry steel ones of the man that his young face hardened, his warrior-chin took a firm set, and the light in his face was deadened by a stab of pain.1916, Grace Livingston Hill, The Finding of Jasper Holt, Philadelphia, Pa.; London: J. B. Lippincott Company, page 142:
- Give unafraidly, without counting the cost, except as you have the means and he who receives has need.1920, Caroline A[lathea] Stickney Creevey, At Random, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, page 212:
- His topic was personal hygiene, and he unafraidly told the sex he was addressing that as a sex they had many virtues, but included among them was not the cleanliness of body that man is noted for.1920 April 25, “Personal Cleanliness”, in Dayton Daily News, volume VI, number 5, Dayton, Ohio, society section, page 5:
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