Bravely, 1) valiantly: “he b. broached his boiling bloody breast,” Mids. V, 148. “he's b. taken here,” All's III, 5, 55. “full b. hast thou fleshed thy maiden sword,” H4A V, 4, 133. H4B II, 4, 54. H5 III, 6, 77. R3 V, 3, 312. Troil. III, 3, 213. Cor. V, 3, 117. Mcb. V, 7, 26. Lr. IV, 6, 202. Cymb. V, 4, 72.
2) in a becoming manner, so as to excite the cry: 'well done! bravo!': “b. the figure of this harpy hast thou performed,” Tp. III, 3, 83. “tight and yare and b. rigged,” V, 224. “was't well done? b., my diligence,” V, 241. “'twas b. done,” Ado V, 1, 279. “swears brave oaths and breaks them b.” As III, 4, 45. “and revel it as b. as the best,” Shr. IV, 3, 54. “steal away b.” All's II, 1, 29. “away, and leave her b.” II, 3, 216. “b., coragio!” II, 5, 97 (== well done!). “b. confessed and lamented by the king,” Wint. V, 2, 93. “O b. came we off,” John V, 5, 4. “the French are b. in their battles set,” H5 IV, 3, 69. “she takes upon her b. at first dash,” H6A I, 2, 71. “Pucelle hath b. played her part,” III, 3, 88. “when I have been dry and b. marching,” H6B IV, 10, 15. “see you do it b.” Tit. IV, 3, 113. “here we may see most b.” Troil. I, 2, 198. “now thou diest as b. as Titinius,” Caes. V, 4, 10. “do b., horse!” Ant. I, 5, 22. “how b. thou becomest thy bed,” Cymb. II, 2, 15. “a piece of work so b. done,” II, 4, 73.
The passages sub II, 4, 73 may, indeed, all be taken in the same sense.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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