unconditionallyadv.
/ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃn̩əli/, /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃn̩l̩i/, /ˌʌnkənˈdɪʃnəli/, /ˌʌŋkənˈdɪʃn̩əli/, /ˌʌŋkənˈdɪʃn̩l̩i/, /ˌʌŋkənˈdɪʃnəli/, U.S. /ˌənkənˈdɪʃ(ə)nəli/ Without conditions.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adverb] > without conditions
barelyc1400
purely1420
simply1420
simpliciter?a1425
frankly1582
unreservedly1611
absolutely1644
unconditionally1649
unconditionately1670
1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations vi. 132 We are the speciall Favourites to whom those promises are unconditionally consign'd.
1743 J. Wesley Jrnl. 23 Aug. (ed. 2) That God before the foundation of the world, did unconditionally elect certain persons to do certain works.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1762 I. 206 Thus, then,..there was nothing inconsistent..in Johnson's accepting of a pension so unconditionally and so honourably offered to him.
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 287 That faith which would lead them..to appropriate all truth, fearlessly and unconditionally.
1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity II. 469 Yet Christ prayed unconditionally for his murderers.
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