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adventurous
(encz) | adventurous,dobrodružný |
adventurous
(encz) | adventurous,podnikavý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Adventurous
(gcide) | Adventurous \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF.
aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to
embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied
to persons.
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Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
--Milton.
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2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;
requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an
adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
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Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;
hazardous; venturesome. See Rash.
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adventurous
(wn) | adventurous
adj 1: willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring
enterprises; "adventurous pioneers"; "the risks and gains
of an adventuresome economy" [syn: adventurous,
adventuresome] [ant: unadventurous] |
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adventurously
(encz) | adventurously,dobrodružně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
adventurousness
(encz) | adventurousness,dobrodružnost Pavel Cvrček |
unadventurous
(encz) | unadventurous,bez dobrodružství n: Zdeněk Brož |
Adventurous
(gcide) | Adventurous \Ad*ven"tur*ous\, a. [OE. aventurous, aunterous, OF.
aventuros, F. aventureux, fr. aventure. See Adventure, n.]
1. Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to
embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied
to persons.
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Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve.
--Milton.
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2. Full of hazard; attended with risk; exposing to danger;
requiring courage; rash; -- applied to acts; as, an
adventurous undertaking, deed, song.
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Syn: Rash; foolhardy; presumptuous; enterprising; daring;
hazardous; venturesome. See Rash.
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Adventurously
(gcide) | Adventurously \Ad*ven"tur*ous*ly\, adv.
In an adventurous manner; venturesomely; boldly; daringly.
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Adventurousness
(gcide) | Adventurousness \Ad*ven"tur*ous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being adventurous; daring;
venturesomeness.
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Disadventurous
(gcide) | Disadventurous \Dis`ad*ven"tur*ous\, a.
Unprosperous; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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Misadventurous
(gcide) | Misadventurous \Mis`ad*ven"tur*ous\, a.
Unfortunate.
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Unadventurous
(gcide) | Unadventurous \Unadventurous\
See adventurous. |
adventurousness
(wn) | adventurousness
n 1: the trait of being adventurous [syn: adventurousness,
venturesomeness] |
unadventurous
(wn) | unadventurous
adj 1: lacking in boldness [ant: adventuresome, adventurous] |
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