单词 | resistlessly |
释义 | resistlesslyadv. Now somewhat archaic. In a resistless manner; irresistibly; without resistance. ΘΚΠ 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). < adv.1725 |
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