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resolutely, adv.|ˈrɛzəl(j)uːtlɪ|
[f. resolute a. + -ly2.]
In a resolute manner.
†1. Determinately, positively, definitely. Obs.
a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII 258 He tolde them resolutely that onelesse thei would yelde vp the toune franckly [etc.]. 1617Moryson Itin. ii. 225 Hee resolutely beleeuing they were intended for Ireland. 1661Boyle Spring of Air iii. xxxi, Possibly he would have spoken less resolutly if he had made all the trials.
2. With fixed purpose, boldly, determinedly.
1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. ii. 38 A purse of Gold most resolutely snatch'd on Monday night, and most dissolutely spent on Tuesday Morning. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §40 Frankly and resolutely to enter into a war with Spain. 1728Morgan Algiers II. iv. 271 He may be said to have deported himself rather resolutely than prudently. 1833I. Taylor Fanat. vi. 183 note, To deny all connexion of causation is to be resolutely incredulous. 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. i. 9 Traditions which are resolutely..upheld by the inhabitants of the village. |