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infallibly, adv.|ɪnˈfælɪblɪ| [f. infallible a. + -ly2.] In an infallible manner. 1. Without fail or liability to prove false; most certainly, indubitably.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) v. vii. 422 The which ryght derely the blyssed Ihesu Cryste unto us hathe conquered and promysed infayllybly. a1529Skelton Replyc. 364 With me ye must consent And infallibly agre Of necessyte. c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1048 Infallibly, madame, the mater is to hyghe for my symplenesse. 1653Walton Angler ii. 53 He will infallibly take the bait, and you will be as sure to catch him. 1726Swift Gulliver i. v, Mine eyes..I should have infallibly lost, if I had not suddenly thought of an expedient. 1844Ld. Brougham Brit. Const. viii. (1862) 106 The Sovereign would infallibly take part with the privileged orders. 2. Without liability to err or be mistaken; unerringly.
1597Hooker Eccl. Pol. v. lviii. §1 That the one might infallibly teach what the other doe most assuredly bring to pass. 1690Locke Hum. Und. iii. ix. (1695) 277 Though every thing said in the Text be infallibly true, yet the Reader may be..very fallible in the understanding of it. 1707Hickeringill Priest-cr. ii. i. 5 Pope Sixtus V. afterwards infallibly said, That [etc.]. 1860Pusey Min. Proph. 321 To learn..that He, the Infallible Truth, will teach them infallibly. 1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 428 Bile..is to be recognized..more infallibly by testing with the proper reagents. |