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indeclinably, adv.|ɪndɪˈklaɪnəblɪ| [f. prec. + -ly2.] In an indeclinable manner: †a. Undeviatingly. †b. Unavoidably, irresistibly. c. As an indeclinable word.
1624Bp. R. Montagu Immed. Address 140 The Angels..did euer indeclineably Behold the face of God in glory. 1625― App. Cæsar ii. i. 111 To follow indeclinably..the Discipline of the Church of England. 1648W. Jenkyn Blind Guide iv. 79 You give your owne interpretation of working invincibly and indeclinably upon the will. a1677Manton Twenty Serm. vi. Wks. 1871 II. 235 The apostle prays that God would form and set their hearts straight, that they may be more indeclinably fixed towards God. 1864Webster, Indeclinably, without variation of termination. 1877Fraser's Mag. XV. 171 The forms ending in -um were employed indeclinably. |