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ˈdissolutely, adv.
[f. dissolute a. + -ly2.]
In a dissolute manner.
†1. Loosely, slackly; carelessly, negligently; recklessly. Obs.
1553Brende Quintus Curtius fol. 285 (R.) [They] merueiled..yt he durst go so dissolutelye amonges those nacions..the barbarous people reputinge his rashenes, for an assured confidence. 1560Becon New Catech. iv. Prayer Wks. 376 We nede not to come slackely and dissolutly, but rather diligently & earnestly vnto prayer. 1606Holland Sueton. 19 Sulla..admonished the nobles oftentimes, To beware of the boy that went girded so dissolutely. 1736Butler Anal. ii. 314 Dissolutely to neglect their own greater Good, for the sake of a present lesser Gratification.
†2. Unrestrainedly, lavishly. Obs.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. i. Pref., They..thynke that God is not rightly worshypped, vnlesse altogether they be dissolutely set out with exquisite gorgeousnesse, or rather with outragious excesse. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxiv. (Arb.) 297, I haue seene forraine Embassadours in the Queenes presence laugh so dissolutely. 1596Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, i. ii. 39 A Purse of Gold most resolutely snatch'd on Monday night, and most dissolutely spent on Tuesday Morning.
3. In a profligate manner; licentiously; in dissipation and debauchery.
1550Crowley Last Trump. 619 To lyue..dissolutly, thou shouldste be vnto them offence. 1611Bible Wisd. xii. 23 Men haue..liued dissolutely and vnrighteously. 1711Strype Parker an. 1563 ii. xvii, The queen's subjects lived dissolutely, vainly and luxuriously. 1859Tennyson Enid 1124 Roisterers, Femininely fair and dissolutely pale. |