† inerringadj.
Obsolete. rare.
= unerring adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adjective]
wiseOE
deada1592
sure-footed1633
inerring1661
unerring1679
safe1788
errorless1856
inerroneous1880
error-free1927
1661 J. Howell Twelve Several Treat. 328 They think they have an inerring spirit, and that their Diall must needs go tru, howsoever the Sun goes.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adverb]
safelya1375
unfailably1555
undeceivably1564
infallibly1597
unerringly1645
inerrably1672
inerringly1755
unmistakingly1838
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Inerringly. [J. quotes Glanvill (Sceps. Sci. vii. 34), ‘that matter should frame itself so inerringly’, but in the first edition (1661, v. 45) the word is ‘absolutely’, and in the 1665 ed. ‘unerringly’.]
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