audacious

CEFRC2

/ɔːˈdeɪ.ʃəs/

adjective

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01
adjective
Very bold and willing to take risks, sometimes in a surprising way.
02
adjective
Extra detail
Impudent, insolent.

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It was an audacious thing for her to attempt, but boldness had often served her turn before.
That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
Cuba’s economy minister described "audacious" measures to tame inflation…

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It was an audacious thing for her to attempt, but boldness had often served her turn before.
1871, Anthony Trollope, The Eustace Diamonds
That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.
2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “The Hunger Games”, in AV Club, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2013
The audacious hijacking in Paris of a van carrying the baggage of a Saudi prince to his private jet is obviously an embarrassment to the French capital, whose ultra-high-end boutiques have suffered a spate of heists in recent months.
2014 August 21, “A brazen heist in Paris [print version: International New York Times, 22 August 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2020

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From Latin audacia (“boldness”), from audax (“bold”), from audeō (“to be bold, to dare”).