opinionativelyadv.
/əˈpɪnjənətɪvli/, U.S. /əˈpɪnjəˌneɪdɪvli/ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > [adverb]
opinionativelya1575
opinionately1628
a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 122 It was not spoken asseverantly but opinionatively.
a1639 J. Stoughton Learned Treat. (1640) i. 18 Many things he did know then scientifically, which now he doth so much as opinionatively.
1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. James i. 21 [To] receive God's Word, not only opinionatively, but as the Graff is taken into the Tree.
2. In an opinionated manner; with obstinate adherence to one's own opinion; obstinately; conceitedly. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > stubborn in opinion
opinatively1533
opiniatively1600
opinionately1628
opiniatedly1651
self-opiniatedly1651
opiniately1658
opinionatively1725
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. vi. ii. 228 He was confident in his Sentiments, and maintain'd them obstinately and opinionatively.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon VII. iii. 55 A restraint upon schemes hastily adopted, or opinionatively maintained.
1895 Atlantic Monthly June 748/2 She was too humble to speak much opinionatively, unless directly challenged or skillfully allured.
1900 J. MacCunn Making of Char. 123 The ‘experiments in education’ we sometimes light upon in families whose heads are opinionatively set upon following their own lights.
1997 Australian (Nexis) 23 Apr. 38 My horror at having to hold forth opinionatively in such a state about such a subject to someone as sharp as Self.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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