durablyadv.
/ˈdjʊərəbli/, /ˈdʒʊərəbli/, /ˈdjɔːrəbli/, /ˈdʒɔːrəbli/, U.S. /ˈd(j)ʊrəbəli/ 1. † b. Continually; continuously. Obsolete.
a. In a durable or lasting manner; lastingly.
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > lasting quality, permanence > [adverb]
lastingly1372
duringly1413
abidinglyc1430
permanentlya1500
constantly1567
indelibly1611
indeficiently1622
subsistinglya1641
durably1646
for a constancy1710
en permanence1848
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvi. 374 Yet did not his Successors durably inherit that scruple. View more context for this quotation
1775 J. Priestley Exper. & Observ. Air (ed. 2) I. 320 A durably elastic Vapour.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Godolphin I. iii. 28 The habits of his mind were durably formed.
1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. xv. 294 The play and the publication of the book strongly and durably affected Queen Elizabeth.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adverb]
togetherc1290
bedenea1300
continuallyc1305
an-end?1440
contunely1447
successively1531
jointlyc1540
continuedly1559
unend1559
durably?1567
outright1579
continuately1601
uninterruptedly1665
constantly1682
unintermittedly1693
unbrokenly1850
unintermittently1875
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter xlv. 134 The people so: shall durably, to thee aye thankes pronounce.
1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes i. 59 That weariness, which..that durably constrained posture would be sure to give them.
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) III. lxvii. 48 The mountain ceased to repeat its quick successive claps of thunder, and continued to roll it durably.
2. So as to withstand wear or decay.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > strength > [adverb] > so as to be durable
durably1809
1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 125 Others being more durably constructed, were still habitable.
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adv.?1567