| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a doughty manner.[Websters]
2. In a heroic, gallant or bold manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a proud, heroical or valorous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a stouthearted, courageous, brave or high-spirited manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a mettlesome or valiant manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a vigorous, potent or violent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In a powerful or muscular manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a stalwart, strong, intense, stout or hard manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a fearless or brazen manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective doughty.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (doughty) | 1. Resolute and without fear.[Wordnet]. 2. Able; strong; valiant; redoubtable; as, a doughty hero.[Websters]. 3. Being brave, valiant, courageous, valorous or bold.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being gallant or soldierly.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being fearless, undaunted, intrepid, gutsy or audacious.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being heroic, stout, stalwart, resolute or robust.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being plucky or spunky.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being spirited or mettlesome.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being strong, sturdy, tough or hard.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb doughtily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DOUGHTILY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Specialty Definition: doughty
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Douty. Brave; valiant; eminent; noble; illustrious; as a doughty hero. It is now seldom used except in irony or burlesque.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Doughty is geographically located in Canada. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 54.95 degrees North latitude and 127.316667 degrees West longitude. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] brave, courageous and stouthearted. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: doughty
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Arthur Doughty | Sir Arthur George Doughty (March 22, 1860-December 1, 1936) was a Canadian civil servant and Dominion Archivist and Keeper of the Public Records. (references) | ||
| Charles Montagu Doughty | Charles Montagu Doughty (1843 - 1926) was an English poet and traveler. He is best known for his 1888 travel book Travels in Arabia Deserta. (references) | ||
| Louise Doughty | Louise Doughty (b. 1965) is an English novelist, playwright and journalist. (references) | ||
| Mike Doughty | Michael Doughty (born June 10, 1970), often credited as Mike Doughty or M. Doughty, is an American rock musician, best known for his work as songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist for the band Soul Coughing from 1993 to 2000. (references) | ||
| Sue Doughty | Susan Kathleen Doughty (born 13 April 1948) is a politician in the United Kingdom, and a previous Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Guildford (2001-2005). She entered Parliament in the 2001 election, and left in the 2005 general election, when she lost to the Conservative candidate Anne Milton. (references) | ||
| The Gambler (Mike Doughty album) | The Gambler is an EP by Mike Doughty released in 2005, exclusively through the iTunes Music Store. It contains mostly live performances. Several of the tracks are covers ("The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers, "Strange Powers" - The Magnetic Fields, and "The King of Carrot Flowers" - Neutral Milk Hotel), and two of the songs were originally performed with Doughty's previous band Soul Coughing. ("St. Louise Is Listening" and "Janine" can be found on the Soul Coughing albums El Oso and Ruby Vroom respectively.) The EP also includes a video for the song "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well," a track found on Doughty's previously released album Haughty Melodic. (references) | ||
| Thomas Doughty (artist) | Thomas Doughty (1793-1856) was an American artist of the Hudson River School. (references) | ||
| Thomas Doughty (explorer) | Thomas Doughty (?-1578) was an English nobleman who was a close friend of Francis Drake. On Drake's round-the-world voyage that began in 1577, Doughty was given command first of a captured Spanish ship, the Santa María (renamed Mary), and then of Drake's flagship the Pelican. Drake soon relieved Doughty of command, suspecting him of taking part in an incipient mutiny. In 1578, with the expedition anchored near Puerto San Julian (on the coast of what is now Brazil), Drake charged Doughty with not only mutiny, but witchcraft. Doughty was convicted by a jury of crewmembers and, after he and Drake received Communion and dined together, he was beheaded. (references) | ||
| William Doughty | William Doughty was a United States naval architect who designed many of the sailing 74s. (references) | ||
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