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reˈsistlessly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a resistless manner; irresistibly.
1727Blackwall Sacr. Class. (1740) I. 61 'Tis resistlessly plain, that the divine writers do not always confine themselves to plain and common grammar. 1813T. Busby Lucretius II. 24 note (Jod.), He..displays to us in colours resistlessly strong one of the most dreadful instances of human affliction. 1852Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xl. 346 Had not this man braved him—steadily, powerfully, resistlessly? 1890‘R. Boldrewood’ Col.-Reformer (1891) 103 The chestnut..dropped with his mouth wrenched resistlessly from the rider's hold.
So reˈsistlessness.
1870Echo 5 Dec., The self-confidence and resistlessness of the men in the road. |