bravely

1. 1.

   in a courageous manner

   “bravely he went into the burning house”

   Synonymscourageously

Questions about bravely

What does bravely mean?

bravely means "in a courageous manner".

How many syllables are in bravely?

bravely has 2 syllables: brave-ly. The stress falls on "brave". In IPA it is /ˈbɹeɪvli/.

What is another word for bravely?

Close synonyms include courageously. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bravely a common word?

bravely is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.