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† dileˈmmatical, a. Obs.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
= prec. Hence dileˈmmatically adv.
1659Baxter Key Cath. xlv. 316 The Jesuites..went Dilemmatically to work, thinking to make sure which way ever things went, to effect their ends. 1661K. W. Conf. Charac. Good-old cause (1860) 60 And bring upon us a dilemmaticall confusion. 1677Gilpin Dæmonol. (1867) 342 These were perplexing, entangling temptations. They were dilemmatical, such as might ensnare, either in the doing or refusal. |