immovablyadv.
/ɪˈmuːvəbli/ In an immovable manner (literal and figurative); fixedly, steadfastly, unalterably.
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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adverb]
anredlyOE
fastlyOE
steadfastly?c1225
stifflyc1290
stably1297
steadfasta1300
stoutly1303
steevely1340
sadlya1375
sturdilyc1374
firm1377
surelyc1380
like a flint1382
tough1398
firmlyc1425
unmovablyc1425
but variancec1430
sad?c1430
immovably1435
toughlyc1450
affirmlya1513
wishly1530
constantly1534
steadily1540
fall back (also flat), fall edge?1553
staidly1571
fixedly1605
indeclinably1624
undeclinably1662
unfalteringly1665
unswervingly1805
unwaveringly1830
indomitably1837
rockily1846
unbendingly1847
indivertibly1853
unshakeablya1864
undyingly1881
unshakenly1882
adamantly1897
the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > stability, fixity > [adverb]
groundlya1225
hardlyc1225
steevely1340
immovably1435
fixedly1605
certainlya1616
inveterately1645
incontrollably1646
rockily1846
chronically1854
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adverb] > immovably
unmovablya1555
immovably1761
R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 46 Hym-self in only desire of hys makar in-moueabily.
1628 R. Le Grys tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. 81 He immoueably persisted on his former shew of mildnesse.
1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. Slawkenbergius's Tale 65 She leaned immoveably upon her elbow.
1843 J. J. G. Wilkinson tr. E. Swedenborg Animal Kingdom I. ii. 60 The upper jaw is immoveably fixed to the bones of the cranium.
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