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† irreˈsolved, a. Obs.
[ir-2.]
Not resolved; not settled in opinion; undecided, uncertain; wavering, irresolute.
1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribae i. 163, I am as irresolued as I was before. 1623Bingham Xenophon 85 Fighting in this sort, and irresolued what to doe, some God gaue a meanes of safetie. a1631Donne in Select. (1840) 223 A divided, a distracted, a perplexed, an irresolved heart. 1666Boyle Orig. Formes & Qual. Wks. 1772 III. 38 He seems to me..to have been irresolved, whether there were any such substances or no. 1864Jane Cameron Mem. Convict I. 179 Down the dark stairs..she went again, irresolved what to do, whether to give him up or not.
Hence irreˈsolvedly adv.
1680Boyle Scept. Chem. Introd. 1 Friends have thought it very strange to hear me speak so irresolvedly, as I have been wont to do, concerning those things. |