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Antonyms for unflinchingly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : uhn-flin-ching
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈflɪn tʃɪŋ



Definition of unflinchingly

Origin :
  • 1728, from un- (1) "not" + gerundive of flinch (v.). Related: Unflinchingly.
  • As in bravely : adv courageously
  • As in obstinately : adv stubbornly
  • As in firmly : adv immovably
Example sentences :
  • She met my eye as unflinchingly as if her bosom had been steeled with conscious innocence.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • I say that he went on unflinchingly, and surely no goat could have climbed quicker than he did.
  • Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
  • He could have faced death as he had faced it before, unflinchingly; that was all in the day's work.
  • Extract from : « The Finding of Haldgren » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • "They would have hung him at the yard-arm, as he deserved," said Hurlstone unflinchingly.
  • Extract from : « The Crusade of the Excelsior » by Bret Harte
  • Three pairs of eyes watched him as he entered, but he faced them unflinchingly.
  • Extract from : « The Cheerful Smugglers » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • His face was drawn and white, but he faced me unflinchingly.
  • Extract from : « Romance of Roman Villas » by Elizabeth W. (Elizbeth Williams) Champney
  • It was her gift to make comfort about her while she followed her own will unflinchingly.
  • Extract from : « Winning the Wilderness » by Margaret Hill McCarter
  • He gave Harboro a final searching look and then turned about unflinchingly.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge
  • Unflinchingly he stands the inquisitorial glance, and for the time Phoebe is foiled.
  • Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid
  • She is suggesting a martyrdom for herself, yet she does it unflinchingly.
  • Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

Synonyms for unflinchingly

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