Daringly

He loved to plunge into the dark and metaphysical subtleties which human genius has called daringly forth from the realities of things: -- ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

Bringing "Tosca" back seemed the model of discretion on the heels of a controversial production of Messiaen's "Saint Francis of Assisi," daringly staged last week in a stadium on the city's outskirts, which unsurprisingly ruffled traditional sensibilities. ❋ Jonathan Blitzer (2011)

Hauntingly, daringly original, a psychological mystery that teases the mind while tugging the heart, this brave new series is so unconventional it feels like a dream. ❋ Unknown (2012)

No other character in soaps is so daringly transparent — or as hilariously annoying. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sean daringly plays a 50-year-old American former rock star who still dresses as a cross between Kiss band members and Alice Cooper. ❋ Peggy Siegal (2011)

The text of the book, written in lyrical, daringly self-revelatory prose, is interspersed with music and video of the author -- sometimes speaking, sometimes not. ❋ Cathleen Falsani (2011)

Swinton's breakthrough turn as the androgynous Orlando is reason enough to see this daringly original film. ❋ John Farr (2011)

When the veteran period-instrument ensemble the English Concert dug into Vivaldi's "La Follia" Trio Sonata at its Library of Congress program Thursday, this customarily elegant group seemed to be channeling the brasher, more risk-taking approach of many Italian period-instrument bands, with boisterous attacks, daringly elastic phrasing, extravagant ornamentation and even some drumming on the double-bass. ❋ Anne Midgette (2010)

The senior ROTC cadets were among the most right-wing on campus, and while I don't recall this, it wouldn't surprise me if Paladino was among the large group that heckled, bullied or even physically threatened some of us lefty "freaks" when we daringly held sit-ins to protest the canceling of an Allen Ginsberg reading and then the banning of SDS from campus. ❋ Greg Mitchell (2010)

The same is true of the blues: There's a long tradition of super-endowed R&B sax masters who were equal parts swordsmen and soloists, trying to play faster, louder, higher and more daringly than the others. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

Second place wins a collectible (or would be if it didn't have a little crack in the horn) cow standing in a gondola and wearing a gondolier costume, except in the daringly naked udder area. ❋ The Empress (2010)