brashlyadv.
/ˈbraʃli/, U.S. /ˈbræʃli/ Originally U.S.
In a brash manner.
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the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > [adverb] > pertly or brashly
pertly?1529
saucily1539
touchily1653
pert1795
puppyishly1817
tossily1851
brashly1865
pertlike1879
1865 ‘M. Twain’ in Californian 13 May 9 I mixed into this business a little too brashly—so to speak—and without due reflection.
1884 Mexican Let. in Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. Aug. This department of business that started off so brashly has played out.
1949 Here & Now Oct. 11/3 A brashly self-confident member of an Opposition which had had the confidence largely knocked out of it.
1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid v. 104 What that exhibitionist yonder So brashly relies on.
1957 ‘E. Ferrars’ Furnished for Murder iii. 25 An energetic, rather brashly handsome woman.
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