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# bravely

«bravely» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a brave way: without showing fear, even when something…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (bravely, more bravely, most bravely); from the adjective «brave»

### meaning for a pupil

1) In a brave way: without showing fear, even when something is dangerous, painful or frightening. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#m1)

2) In a way that shows someone tries hard even though it is difficult or sad: «She smiled bravely». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories «bravely» tells the reader how a character acts in danger and shows their courage. In everyday life we say people face illness, injections or a hard test bravely. Phrases: bravely fought, smiled bravely, bravely faced.

### examples

- The firefighter bravely ran into the burning house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x1)
- My little brother bravely had his injection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x2)
- She bravely put up her hand to answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x3)
- The team fought bravely but lost the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x4)
- He smiled bravely though his knee was bleeding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x5)
- The knight bravely faced the dragon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x6)
- They bravely told the teacher the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x7)
- Pinocchio, although alone, defended himself bravely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/#x8)

### note

Adverb: it describes how someone does something. Opposite: «cowardly» (the adverb is «in a cowardly way»). Being brave is not the same as being reckless; brave people still think about safety.

### In the corpora

- ["Bite the bullet" means face something unpleasant bravely; the story about soldiers biting bullets is often told but not proven.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/language/25-idioms-taken-literally/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bravely» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bravely/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.