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Boldness vs Boldly - What's the difference?

boldness | boldly |

As a noun boldness

is the state of being bold; courage.

As an adverb boldly is

in a bold manner; with confidence.

boldness

English

(wikipedia boldness)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being bold; courage.
  • * Rudyard Kipling, Puck of Pook's Hill
    • Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward)
  • presumptuousness
  • (typography) The relative weight of a font; the thickness of its strokes.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    boldly

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bouldly (obsolete)

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • In a bold manner; with confidence.
    • To boldly go where no man has gone before.

    Derived terms

    * boldly go where no man has gone before

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