believinglyadv.
/bᵻˈliːvɪŋli/, U.S. /bəˈlivɪŋli/, /biˈlivɪŋli/ In a believing manner, with belief.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > [adverb]
dogmatically1608
believingly1631
doctrinally1633
under the impression1862
society > faith > aspects of faith > [adverb]
believingly1631
1631 R. Bolton Instr. Right Comf. Affl. Consciences 343 Cast thine eye considerately and beleevingly upon that pretious place.
1643 J. Caryl Nature Sacred Covenant 36 Walke believingly.
1661 T. Hall Expos. Prophecy Amos v. 208 Caleb speaks not here dubitatively, but beleevingly.
1721 R. Fern Treat. Celestial Work & Worship iii. 151 That they have Desires in Heaven, and many Things that want Accomplishment, which they are believingly waiting for, is manifest.
1767 R. Shirra God's Plantation Thriving 22 To behold as in a glass the glory of the Lord, is to meditate believingly upon the perfections and justifying righteousness of Christ.
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 331 Do they believingly suppose a spiritual regenerative power..accompanying the sprinkling of a few drops of water on an infant's face?
1854 G. P. R. James Ticonderoga III. 173 She gazed at him believingly.
1908 McClure's Mag. Oct. 691/1 Mary listened believingly; twenty years of listening to these dreams which never came true had not killed her hopefulness.
1945 Q. Rev. Biol. 20 181/2 He speaks believingly of the extraordinary longevity of the Chinese.
1973 M. Natanson Phenomenol. & Social Sci. I. 14 The glance down the track believingly assumes that the same track is there for all of us.
2001 E. Deutsch Persons & Valuable Worlds i. ii. 40 I either (believingly) affirm what is not the case about myself..or (believingly) deny what is the case about myself.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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