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uˈnanimously, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a unanimous manner.
†1. In unanimity or harmony. Obs.
a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. v. §2 (1622) 31 ‘Religion [is] the foundation of euery Citie,’ both gathering men, and holding them vnanimously together. 1633Bp. Hall Hard Texts, Ps. cxxii. 3 Jerusalem is stately built,..And is strongly, and unanimously compacted together. 1648Stanley Aurora 44 Pausanias and Aurora living and loving so unanimously that every day seemed the first of their marriage.
2. With unanimity; with agreement in aim, opinion, or action.
1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. viii. §5. 485/1 Him they had all..vnanimiously [sic] Elected. 1631Star Chamb. Cases (Camden) 64 It was unanimously declared by the whole Court that his Majestie proceeded herein legally and rightfully for the benefit of his crowne and people. 1737Waterland Eucharist 2 It is of great Moment..to observe what they unanimously agreed in. 1794R. J. Sulivan View Nat. xliv. II. 272 The collecting of the Sacred Writings is unanimously ascribed by both Jews and Christians to Ezra. 1826F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 165 Being unanimously elected, I immediately assumed..the uniform of the club. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xi. III. 40 An address was unanimously voted requesting the King to take effectual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. 1884A. R. Pennington Wiclif ix. 289 They had unanimously resolved that they [sc. books] should be committed to the flames.
†3. In combination; conjointly. Obs.
1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Inv. §16 A Sea-castle or Fortification..to divide it self into three Ships... And even whilest it is a Fort or Castle they shall be unanimously steered. Ibid. §98. |