unmistakinglyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈsteɪkɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌənməˈsteɪkɪŋli/ Correctly; without making a mistake.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [adverb]
safelya1375
unfailably1555
undeceivably1564
infallibly1597
unerringly1645
inerrably1672
inerringly1755
unmistakingly1838
1838 M. Samuels in tr. M. Mendelssohn Jerusalem II. Addenda 310 The most tender love of his son is unmistakingly expressed in Maimonides' letters to him.
1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. xxx The affection shown by..all our nobility..for cloth of gold in their garments, was unmistakingly set forth in so many of their likenesses.
1919 A. C. Perry Managem. City School ix. 265 The punishment comes surely, promptly, and unmistakingly.
1950 Int. Jrnl. Sexology 4 15/2 In general, women are not too lenient with prematurists: unmistakingly they accuse their partners of cheating them out of sexual pleasure.
1991 R. D. Boyd Personal Transformations in Small Groups viii. 228 Although it is necessary for the leader to be aware of the manifest content, it is the symbolic content that unmistakingly expresses the primary task concerns of the group.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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