† irresolvedadj.
Obsolete.
Not resolved; not settled in opinion; undecided, uncertain; wavering, irresolute.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adjective]
twiredec888
orrathc1175
twofoldc1175
twifoldc1200
waveringc1315
uncertain1382
suspensec1440
mammeringa1450
flowing?1504
floghtering1521
vacillant1521
in a mammering1532
double-minded1552
unstaid1561
unresolute1570
unresolved?1571
staggeringa1577
frittle1579
irresolute1579
cheverel1583
off and on1583
halting1585
unsettleda1593
unresolving1599
demurring1607
waving1611
suspensive1614
hoveringa1616
startling1619
irresolved1621
hesitating1622
indetermined1628
variousa1643
branling1645
hesitant1647
non-sincere1656
hesitatious1657
humdrum1660
shuttlecock1660
yea-and-nay1672
swaying1688
interpendent1708
undetermined1718
Squadronec1720
hesitatorya1734
volanta1734
shilly-shally1734
dilly-dally1749
niffy-naffy1765
wiggle-waggle1778
undecided1779
undecisive1780
indecisive1787
conflicted1789
hesitative1795
undeciding1802
vacillating1814
yea-nay1827
demurrant1836
willy-nilly1839
shilly-shallying1842
oscillative1852
Hamletish1854
vacillatory1854
dilly-dallying1879
thistledown1897
weak-principled1913
not-quite1920
off-again on-again1923
dithery1931
havering1975
1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes i. 163 I am as irresolued as I was before.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Xenophon Hist. 85 Fighting in this sort, and irresolued what to doe, some God gaue a meanes of safetie.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 179 A divided, a distracted, a perplexed, an irresolved heart.
1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 145 He seems to me..to have been irresolv'd, whether there were any such Substances, or no.
1864 J. Cameron Mem. Convict I. 179 Down the dark stairs..she went again, irresolved what to do, whether to give him up or not.
Derivatives
irreˈsolvedly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [adverb]
in a waver1519
uncertainly1555
waveringlya1603
irresolutely1617
unresolvedly1621
off and ona1641
hesitantly1660
humdrum1660
irresolvedly1680
undecisively1771
hesitatingly1800
on or upon the waver1806
indecisively1828
vacillatinglya1849
oscillatively1852
hesitatively1881
shakenly1890
1680 R. Boyle Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) Introd. 1 Friends have thought it very strange to hear me speak so irresolvedly, as I have been wont to do, concerning those things.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.1621