determinatelyadv.
In a determinate manner.
1. By way of final decision; conclusively, finally.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > [adverb]
determinately1509
judicially1596
determininglya1641
determinatively1641
1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aiii v She sholde ye morowe after make answer of her mynde determynatly.
1671 A. Woodhead tr. Life St. Teresa i. xxxv. 260 I did never determinately conclude.
1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ii. 36 Conscience..pronounces determinately some Actions to be in themselves just, right, good.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 270 Those Persons..insist upon it as determinately conclusive.
1792 R. Burke in Burke's Corr. (1844) III. 489 The ministers had made up their minds determinately to a strict neutrality.
2.
a. Definitely, distinctly, exactly, precisely.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [adverb] > definitely or determinately
certainlyc1460
determinably1487
determinatelya1535
punctually1570
signanter1579
definitely1581
articulately1649
signantly1656
sharply1817
strictly1938
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) iii. xii. sig. P.iiii Yet can not the vse of them, lightly stand indifferent, but determinately muste eyther be good or badde.
1552 T. Wilson Rule of Reason (rev. ed.) sig. Giij Woordes whiche..determinately do betoken some one certain thyng.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xiii. 8) iv. 84 1. Indefinitely, time after time. 2. Determinatly, to the end of the world.
1760 J. Warner in Philos. Trans. 1759 (Royal Soc.) 51 307 A discovery of the fact, could it be determinately made, would prove of very little consequence.
1830 G. R. Gleig Country Curate I. xiv. 274 I cannot pronounce the night..the most determinately miserable which it has been my lot to spend.
b. With a definite purpose, purposely.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > for a or the particular purpose
for the noncec1175
speciallyc1325
express1386
purposelyc1520
expresslya1616
for the very nonce1627
ad hoc1639
of the nonce1665
on the very nonce1665
determinately1862
1862 C. Darwin On Var. Contrivances Orchids Fertilised v. 203 All these parts seemed determinately contrived that the plant should never be fertilised.
3. With settled purpose; resolutely, determinedly; with determination.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb]
strongeOE
fastOE
stably1297
strengthlya1400
unabasedlyc1425
unfaintlyc1425
four-squarec1430
strengthilyc1485
determinedlyc1540
resolutely1549
determinately1556
martyr-like1579
resolvedly1587
strongly1591
undauntedly1598
heart and soul1620
fairly and squarely1628
bently1645
decisively1653
supportinglya1664
setly1673
decidedly1770
martyrly1819
immitigably1824
staunchly1825
unshrinkingly1826
unflinchingly1833
hell-bent1863
square1867
fair and square1870
full-bloodedly1898
1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie xiv. 69 When he sawe..The spider, thus bent determinately, He thought it foly him to contrary.
1662 H. More Antidote against Atheism (ed. 3) iii. xvi. 140 in Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Observed to fight determinately over such or such a City.
1735 J. Swift Full & True Acct. Execution W. Wood in Wks. IV. 243 Determinately bent to take Revenge upon him.
1755 Fox in H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) II. App. 386 The Duke of Devonshire is..determinately against it.
1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. 69 A servant determinately idle.
1881 E. Coxon Basil Plant II. 176 For all her weakness, she spoke determinately.
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