infalliblyadv.
/ɪnˈfalɪbli/ In an infallible manner.
1. Without fail or liability to prove false; most certainly, indubitably.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > absolute certainty > [adverb]
withouten wantrukea1225
without missa1275
dreadlessc1369
doubtlessc1386
certainlya1400
sadly?a1425
questionlessc1425
undoubtablyc1425
doubtlesslyc1440
unsoilablyc1445
undoubtablec1450
undoubteda1500
undoubtedly?a1500
infallibly1502
indefeasibly1540
undubitately1548
indubitatelya1552
undoubting1552
undoubtingly1552
indoubtedly1563
indoubtly1606
unquestionably1611
questionlessly1612
indubitably1624
undoubtfully1628
uncontrollably1629
irrefragably1635
ungainsayably1637
inquestionablya1641
indubiously1642
unquestionedly1644
incontrollably1646
incontrovertibly1646
indisputably1646
acknowledgedly?1649
inexpugnably1653
uncontrovertablya1658
undubitably1660
inconfutably1664
uncontrollably1676
irrefutably1681
uncontestedly1699
undisputably1707
uncontestably1709
incontestablya1711
uncontrovertibly1755
undisputedly1778
(and) no mistake1818
unchallengeably1827
without resort1827
undeniedly1837
unappealably1840
indubitativelya1853
irrecusably1862
uncontradictably1862
inescapably1881
unarguably1888
sho1893
sure1894
posilutely1914
hands down1936
1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) v. vii. sig. tt.i The whiche ryght derely the blessyd Jhesu cryste vnto vs hath conquered & promysed infallybly.
1528 J. Skelton Honorificatissimo: Replycacion agaynst Yong Scolers sig. Biii With me ye must consent And infallibly agre Of necessyte.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Bbii Infallibly madame the mater is to hyghe for my symplenesse.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler ii. 53 He will infallibly take the bait, and you will be as sure to catch him. View more context for this quotation
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. v. 80 Mine eyes..I should have infallibly lost, if I had not suddenly thought of an Expedient.
1861 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 2) viii. 106 The Sovereign would infallibly take part with the privileged orders.
2. Without liability to err or be mistaken; unerringly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adverb]
safelya1375
unfailably1555
undeceivably1564
infallibly1597
unerringly1645
inerrably1672
inerringly1755
unmistakingly1838
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lviii. 129 That the one might infalliblie teach what the other do most assuredly bring to passe.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. ix. 239 Though every thing said in the Text be infallibly true, yet the Reader may be..very fallible in the understanding of it.
?1706 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft: 2nd Pt. i. 5 Pope Sixtus V. afterwards Infallibly said, That [etc.].
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 321 To learn..that He, the Infallible Truth, will teach them infallibly.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 428 Bile..is to be recognized..more infallibly by testing with the proper reagents.
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