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What is the adjective for boldly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs bold, embolden and bolden which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

bold
  1. Courageous, daring.
  2. (typography, of typefaces) Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
  3. Presumptuous.
  4. (Ireland) naughty, insolent, badly-behaved
  5. Full-bodied.
  6. (Philippine English) naked, pornographic
  7. Synonyms:
      8. brave, courageous, daring, fearless, heroic, intrepid, adventurous, audacious, gallant, undaunted, valiant, dauntless, enterprising, gutsy, valorous, unafraid, unflinching, dashing, plucky, adventuresome, venturesome, ballsy, confident, daredevil, gritty, positive, spirited, swashbuckling, assured, brash, decisive, doughty, emboldened, foolhardy, free-swinging, greathearted, gutty, hardy, heroical, lionhearted, manful, nerved, nervy, rash, reckless, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, undauntable … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “We need bold individuals with a clear understanding of what must be done to start making a real difference.”
      “The brash politician had no qualms about using bold words during his speeches.”
      “Bright colors and clear bold graphics make the menu practical and aesthetically pleasing.”
emboldened
  1. Having been made bold.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. daring, bold, adventurous, audacious, enterprising, venturesome, gutsy, dashing, nervy, adventuresome, nerved, hardy, venturous, free-swinging, intrepid, brave, courageous, daredevil, fearless, plucky, valiant, heroic, rash, spunky, dauntless, valorous, spirited, undaunted, temerarious, unafraid, reckless, foolhardy, ballsy, confident, game, gallant, gutty, resolute, unflinching, gritty, brash, swashbuckling, stalwart, doughty, feisty, have-a-go, positive, risky, decisive, heroical … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “If anyone was tempted to wager against bond prices, the emboldened bulls were tickled at the opportunity to take their money.”
bolder
  1. comparative form of bold: more bold
  2. Synonyms:
      3. braver, gutsier, pluckier, ballsier, grittier, brasher, doughtier, foolhardier, hardier, nervier, rasher, recklesser, spunkier, stouter, feistier, gamer, more courageous, more daring, more fearless, more heroic, more intrepid, more adventurous, more audacious, more gallant, more valiant, more dauntless, more enterprising, more valorous, more dashing, more adventuresome, more venturesome, more confident, more daredevil, more positive, more spirited, more swashbuckling, more assured, more decisive, more emboldened, more greathearted, more gutty, more heroical, more lionhearted, more manful, more nerved, more stalwart, more stouthearted, more undauntable, more venturous, more temerarious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Ideally too, the instrumental colours need to bolder, less integrated into a homogeneous texture.”
      “Running now at her full speed, she dashed to the edge of the lake, where a large bolder rose up above the water.”
      “Then, as my confidence grew, I became bolder and I haven't looked back since.”
boldest
  1. superlative form of bold: most bold
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bravest, gutsiest, pluckiest, ballsiest, grittiest, brashest, doughtiest, foolhardiest, hardiest, nerviest, rashest, recklessest, spunkiest, stoutest, feistiest, gamest, most courageous, most daring, most fearless, most heroic, most intrepid, most adventurous, most audacious, most gallant, most valiant, most dauntless, most enterprising, most valorous, most dashing, most adventuresome, most venturesome, most confident, most daredevil, most positive, most spirited, most swashbuckling, most assured, most decisive, most emboldened, most greathearted, most gutty, most heroical, most lionhearted, most manful, most nerved, most stalwart, most stouthearted, most undauntable, most venturous, most temerarious … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even the more hawkish leaders have had peace as their priority, often making the boldest concessions.”
      “His book represents this consciously deceptive strategy in its boldest form.”
      “In a garden where green predominates, the boldest dash of color comes from blue-painted Adirondack chairs and a matching blue bench.”
bolded
  1. past participle of bold
  2. Synonyms:
      3. thickened, amplified, augmented, bolstered, enhanced, boosted, fortified, intensified, reinforced, consolidated, emphasised, emphasized, extended, highlighted, magnified, strengthened, swelled, swoll, swollen, stroked … more
bolding
  1. present participle of bold
  2. Synonyms:
      3. thickening, amplifying, augmenting, bolstering, enhancing, boosting, fortifying, intensifying, reinforcing, consolidating, emphasising, emphasizing, extending, highlighting, magnifying, strengthening, swelling, stroking … more
emboldening
  1. present participle of embolden
  2. Synonyms:
      3. encouraging, inspiriting, envigorating, invigorating, animating, inspiring, motivating, heartening, stimulating, rousing, steeling, strengthening, stirring, spurring, rallying, energising, energizing, exhilarating, vitalizing, bracing, cheering, fortifying, boosting, buoying, reassuring, pushing, refreshing, firing, goading, bolstering, swaying, enheartening, revitalising, revitalizing, inflaming, nerving, supporting, boldening, buoying up, bucking up, cheering up, bearing up, chirking up, geeing up, giving courage, making brave, making braver, giving confidence, lifting the morale of, stiffening the resolve of … more
boldened
  1. simple past tense and past participle of bolden
  2. Synonyms:
      3. emboldened, encouraged, inspirited, envigorated, invigorated, animated, inspired, motivated, heartened, stimulated, roused, steeled, strengthened, stirred, spurred, rallied, energised, energized, exhilarated, vitalized, braced, cheered, fortified, boosted, buoyed, reassured, pushed, refreshed, fired, goaded, bolstered, swayed, enheartened, revitalised, revitalized, inflamed, nerved, supported, buoyed up, bucked up, cheered up, bore up, borne up, chirked up, geed up, gave courage, given courage, made brave, made braver, gave confidence … more
boldening
  1. present participle of bolden
  2. Synonyms:
      3. emboldening, encouraging, inspiriting, envigorating, invigorating, animating, inspiring, motivating, heartening, stimulating, rousing, steeling, strengthening, stirring, spurring, rallying, energising, energizing, exhilarating, vitalizing, bracing, cheering, fortifying, boosting, buoying, reassuring, pushing, refreshing, firing, goading, bolstering, swaying, enheartening, revitalising, revitalizing, inflaming, nerving, supporting, buoying up, bucking up, cheering up, bearing up, chirking up, geeing up, giving courage, making brave, making braver, giving confidence, lifting the morale of, stiffening the resolve of … more
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