gutsy
As a civil rights lawyer, she has been gutsily fighting in court on behalf of the poor and the oppressed.
She gutsily volunteered to sing the opening number when no one else in the troupe stepped forward.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Brave and courageous
adventurous
adventurously
audacious
ballsy
be man enough to do somethingidiom
fearless
fearlessly
gallant
gallantly
get up
manfully
muster something up
nerves of steelidiom
pluck
pluck up your courageidiom
valiant
valiantly
valorously
venturesome
woman
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