predestinatelyadv.
/priːˈdɛstᵻnətli/, /prᵻˈdɛstᵻnətli/, U.S. /priˈdɛstənətli/ rare before 20th cent.
By predestination; inevitably.
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the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adverb]
fatally1574
predestinately1579
predeterminately1859
pre-ordinately1894
1579 J. Jones Arte preseruing Bodie & Soule i. xxxix. 87 All thyngs happen of fatal necessitie, predestinately.
1890 Eng. Illustr. Mag. Nov. 128 Mine is essentially, predestinately, and unchangeably good.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 1/3 They were predestinately damned by their imitativeness.
1994 Evening Standard (Nexis) 12 May 32 She assumes..an accusatory attitude and a piston-driven walk that carries her down the main street as predestinately as a tramcar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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