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单词 resistlessly
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resistlesslyadv.

Brit. /rᵻˈzɪs(t)lᵻsli/, U.S. /rəˈzɪs(t)lᵻsli/, /riˈzɪs(t)lᵻsli/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: resistless adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < resistless adj. + -ly suffix2.
Now somewhat archaic.
In a resistless manner; irresistibly; without resistance.
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the mind > will > necessity > [adverb] > inevitably
uneschewablyc1374
without defencec1430
inevitably1447
unscapablyc1449
necessarlya1500
no remedy1531
unavoidably1608
indeclinably1624
unevitably1624
unpreventablya1639
need1641
unfrustrably1654
ineluctably1655
inavoidably1674
unhinderably1678
resistlessly1725
inevadibly1842
infrustrably1861
undivertibly1866
inescapably1881
unescapably1882
deterministically1885
indissuadablya1894
ineludibly1893
1725 A. Blackwall Sacred Classics I. i. ii. 47 'Tis resistlessly plain, that the divine writers do not always confine themselves to plain and common grammar.
1777 J. Wise System I. i. 13 All nature's modes resistlessly evince God, his creation, and his providence.
1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. 24 (note) He..displays to us in colours resistlessly strong one of the most dreadful instances of human affliction.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xl. 268 Had not this man braved him,—steadily, powerfully, resistlessly?
1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 103 The chestnut..dropped with his mouth wrenched resistlessly from the rider's hold.
1927 H. T. Lowe-Porter tr. T. Mann Magic Mountain (London ed.) II. vii. 812 That melodic line resistlessly travelled by the voices, solo and unisono, of Radames and Aida.
1998 Guardian (Nexis) 13 July The world opening before us, where content flows resistlessly from page to screen and into electronic space.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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