People and roles
Synonyms for boldly
The synonym for boldly recorded in this bank is confidently, in the sense "in a confident, daring manner". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for boldly
- confidentlyadverb, in the sense "in a confident, daring manner"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and boldly carries one sense so far.
in a confident, daring manner.
She walked boldly into the boardroom and introduced herself to the executives.
The true synonym
confidently
Same sentence, swapped: She walked confidently into the boardroom and introduced herself to the executives.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot boldly is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- nervously
- quietly
- reluctantly
Where boldly turns up in the game
boldly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in three other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where boldly is the trap
- warilyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is guardedly, in the sense "in a cautious manner, watchful of danger", and boldly is one of the three tiles that lose.
- stealthilyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is furtively, in the sense "in a secretive, quiet manner meant to avoid detection", with boldly sitting one tile away.
- prudentlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is judiciously, in the sense "in a manner showing careful, sensible management of money", so boldly is there to be ruled out.
Play boldly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so boldly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other people and roles words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. boldly carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.