fearlessly
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fear/fɪə(r)/
▶noun
- 1 an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.
■ (fear for) a feeling of anxiety regarding.
■ the likelihood of something unwelcome happening: she observed them without fear of attracting attention.
- 2 archaic a mixed feeling of dread and reverence.
- 1 be afraid of.
■ (fear for) feel anxiety on behalf of.
■ used to express regret or apology.
- 2 archaic regard (God) with reverence and awe.
– phrases
for fear of (or that) to avoid the risk of (or that).
never fear used to reassure someone.
no fear Brit. informal used as an emphatic expression of denial or refusal.
put the fear of God in (or into) someone make someone very frightened.
without fear or favour impartially.
for fear of (or that) to avoid the risk of (or that).
never fear used to reassure someone.
no fear Brit. informal used as an emphatic expression of denial or refusal.
put the fear of God in (or into) someone make someone very frightened.
without fear or favour impartially.
– derivatives
fearless adjective,
fearlessly adverb,
fearlessness noun.
fearless adjective,
fearlessly adverb,
fearlessness noun.
– origin OE fǣr ‘danger’, fǣran ‘frighten’, also ‘revere’, of Gmc origin.
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