— audaciously , adv. — audaciousness , n.
/aw day"sheuhs/ , adj.
1. extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
2. extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.
3. recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.
4. lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.
[ 1540-50; AUDACI(TY) + -OUS ]
Syn. 1. courageous, intrepid, dauntless, venturesome. 3. unabashed, shameless; impertinent, forward.
Ant. 1. cowardly.