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For instance, courageously braved treatment (6)

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adverb

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'for instance courageously' is the definition.
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'braved treatment' is the wordplay.
'treatment' is an anagram indicator (the letters must be processed or treated).
'braved' with letters rearranged gives 'ADVERB'.

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(Other definitions for adverb that I've seen before include "Action word qualifier" , "Raved about book" , "Word such as 'madly'" , "Term of modification" , "fast, maybe?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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