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fearlessly

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In a fearless manner; without fear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

without fear

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • fearlessly, he led the troops into combat

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dauntlessly, intrepidly

Antonyms: fearfully

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English fearless Middle English -ly English -ly English fearlessly From fearless + -ly.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: frygtløst — in a fearless manner
  • Dutch: onbevreesd — in a fearless manner
  • Dutch: onverschrokken — in a fearless manner
  • Finnish: pelottomasti — in a fearless manner
  • French: intrépidement — in a fearless manner
  • French: sans peur — in a fearless manner
  • Georgian: უშიშრად (ušišrad) — in a fearless manner
  • Georgian: გაბედულად (gabedulad) — in a fearless manner
  • German: furchtlos — in a fearless manner
  • Greek: άφοβα (áfova) — in a fearless manner
  • Ancient Greek: ἀφόβως (aphóbōs) — in a fearless manner
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδεῶς (adeôs) — in a fearless manner
  • Hindi: निधड़क (nidhṛak) — in a fearless manner
  • Italian: impavidamente — in a fearless manner
  • Italian: intrepidamente — in a fearless manner
  • Italian: senza paura — in a fearless manner
  • Latin: audenter — in a fearless manner
  • Latin: audacter — in a fearless manner
  • Macedonian: бестрашно (bestrašno) — in a fearless manner
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fryktløst — in a fearless manner
  • Polish: nieustraszenie — in a fearless manner
  • Russian: бесстра́шно (besstrášno) — in a fearless manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: neustràšivo — in a fearless manner