apodicticallyapodeicticallyadv.
In an apodictic manner; by way of absolute demonstration.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adverb]
couthlyc900
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witterlyc1175
apertlyc1315
in (also on) opena1382
apodictically1615
demonstratedly1670
unsuspectedly1748
unsuspiciouslya1812
distinctly1858
1615 E. Hoby Curry-combe iii. 112 Had he deliuered his mind elsewhere positively, and apodectically.
1832–4 T. De Quincey Spanish Mil. Nun in Wks. (1862) III. 20 There were no roasted potatoes in Spain at that date [1608], which can be apodeictically proved, because in Spain there were no potatoes at all, and very few in England.
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