Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an intrepid manner; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an intrepid manner; courageously; resolutely.
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- adverb In an
intrepid manner;fearlessly ;daringly ;resolutely .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without fear
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Examples
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Under the Restoration, between 1823 and 1827, Cerizet's occupation consisted in first putting his name intrepidly to various paragraphs, on which the public prosecutor fastened with avidity, and subsequently marching off to prison.
A Man of Business Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Russell Banks reads from his newest novel Lost Memory of Skin, which a Booklist review described as "intrepidly inquisitive, magnificently compassionate, and darkly funny novel of private and societal illusions, maladies, and truths."
The Seattle Times 2011
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John Frankenheimer's pulse-pounding war film is lean and riveting, as Lancaster's character works intrepidly to foil Von Waldheim's exacting plans.
John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011
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Foer, 32, in this, his first work of nonfiction, intrepidly joins their ranks ...
Eating Animals: Summary and book reviews of Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. 2009
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John Frankenheimer's pulse-pounding war film is lean and riveting, as Lancaster's character works intrepidly to foil Von Waldheim's exacting plans.
John Farr: Burt Lancaster: Always Larger Than Life John Farr 2011
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This time they intrepidly mine Oedipal terrain to wrestle with stirring, profound questions about the obstacles to human intimacy.
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There were many changes for the subway lines, which involved two more transfers than required, but we intrepidly moved on.
Murray Rosenbaum: TEDxYouthDay 2011 Murray Rosenbaum 2011
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Anyone else having his or her blogsite (pa) trolled by B'nai Brith operative Harry Abrams, intrepidly seeking out anti-Semitism everywhere it isn't -- by using telepathy?
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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It was a token, apparently, of the leader's renewed fire that he wants to "end the cosy cartels of the way top pay is set", to which end he intrepidly proposes an employee on every pay committee.
Even if you show me yours, I'm not showing you mine | Catherine Bennett 2011
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Along the way he married a countess and a movie star, won a Bronze Star and a Croix de Guerre for his service in the Second World War, bought a vast apartment on Fifth Avenue, and intrepidly barnstormed the heartland, spreading the gospel of fine wine.
Alexis Lichine's Roguish Revolution in Wine Jay McInerney 2011
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