unflinching

unflinching
unflinchingly, adv.
/un flin"ching/, adj.
not flinching; unshrinking: unflinching courage.
[1720-30; UN-1 + FLINCH1 + -ING2]
Syn. steady, constant, steadfast, unfaltering.

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