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indefinitely, adv.|ɪnˈdɛfɪnɪtlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an indefinite manner or degree.
1. Without definition or limitation to a particular thing, case, time, etc.; indeterminately, vaguely.
1471[see indeterminably]. 1530Palsgr. Introd. 32 Other thre dyvers tymes, imparfytly past, indiffynitly past, and more than parfytly past. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. 37 So oft as we do indefinitely speake of the name of God, we meane no lesse the Sonn and the Holy ghost than the Father. 1635J. Gore Well-doing 3 A preacher..delivers his message indefinitely to the whole assembly. 1858Carlyle Fredk. Gt. i. iv, She had felt herself indefinitely unwell. 1863Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 168 They pressed me to come to them..and I promised indefinitely that I would.
2. To an indefinite amount or extent; without specified or assignable limit or end; unlimitedly.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iii. 111, 'Tis a fortune which some indefinitely preferre before prosperity. 1664Power Exp. Philos. Pref. 10 Motion also may be indefinitely swift or slow. 1697W. Dampier Voy. I. 94 The Pacifick Sea..from 30 to about 4 deg. south latitude, and from the American shore westward indefinitely. 1833Miss Mitford in L'Estrange Life III. i. 6 Life is too short..for an alienation indefinitely prolonged. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. II. App. 540 It would be easy to prolong the list indefinitely. |