† arbitrariouslyadv.
Obsolete.
= arbitrarily adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > [adverb]
to one's willOE
by one's willOE
self-willesOE
after a person's willOE
a-willc1275
at willc1300
at one's (own) liberty1426
ad placituma1556
at pleasure1579
ad libitum1606
arbitrarilya1626
arbitrariously1653
discretionally1655
ad arbitrium1663
voluntarily1676
discretionarily1681
antecedently1682
discretionary?1707
ad lib1791
at one's own sweet will1802
at choice1817
at no allowance1858
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme i. vii. 17 Under a pretence that [the soul]..does arbitrariously and fortuitously compose the several Impresses shee receives from without.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 653 To which nothing can be Arbitrariously added, nor nothing detracted from.
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