infinitivelyadv.
/ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪvli/ 1. Grammar. In the infinitive mood.
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infinitively1711
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1711 J. Greenwood Ess. Pract. Eng. Gram. 211 The verb put infinitively, that is, with ‘to’ before it, often tells what it is, does, or suffers.
1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. 382 The few infinitively used words of this formation have a weak root-form.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > extremely or exceedingly > infinitely
infinite1526
immortally?c1550
infinitely1584
unlimitedly1609
unboundedly1611
a worlda1616
infinitively1726
1726 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Q. Scots (1824) 32 His presence would have been of infinitively more service than that of Morton.
1726 in H. Campbell Love Lett. Mary Q. Scots (1824) 33 I write to you with infinitively more tranquillity of mind.
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